Jim Webb: “Different governmental systems have different ways of dealing with problems.”

There is no question for the United States that the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty obligation extends to the Senkakus.

It is imperative that the United States policy be based on a clear set of principles that everyone here at home and in the region can understand.

The disagreements over sovereignty and the potential for conflict have only increased.

We do support the validity of internationally accepted Exclusive Economic Zones, those that are set out under basically agreed-upon international law.