Richard Katz writes:

“I raise this issue because Shinzo Abe has made a rather specific promise in the LDP's campaign
manifesto: to permanently station government personnel on the Senkakus.” (2012/11/28)

FYI the LDP retitled its manifesto “Campaign Promises” and downgraded the provisional “Collection of Campaign Promises” to “Comprehensive Compendium of LDP Policies”. What is now officially the Campaign Promises document says, “We shall strengthen effective control of the Senkaku Islands and resolutely protect the islands and the sea.” However, this sentence is not included in the headline Four Actions and only makes its appearance in the LDP Policy Bank details that are attached. The “permanent posting of government officials/personnel/public servants/schmervants” reference remains in the Comprehensive Compendium but is circumscribed-always was-by the dreaded “kento-suru (検討)”, or “consider”, a word that conjures images of Dante’s Limbo in the minds of public-speakingese connoisseurs in these parts.

So, Rick, yes everyone too, please repeat after me:
Wuss! Wuss! Wuss! No, louder. WUSS! WUSS! WUSS!

Yeah, that’s more like it.