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[–] 133 points 2 years ago (2 children)

China's gonna dig up a map from the 1300s with the island on it claiming it as the rightful territory of China since ancient times

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And then dredge up an airbase around it. And then accuse Japan of “covert geological incendiary incursions” instead of, you know, admitting they built a thing on an active volcano.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    There is already a Japanese airbase about a mile away from it. The airbase was the first to confirm the new island.

    Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force’s air base on Iwoto Island (previously known as Iwo Jima Island, the site of a major Second World War battle) confirmed the emergence of the new island last week after personnel heard a loud explosion that sent sand and ash flying high into the air.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Gotta stick a flag in it or it doesn’t count

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    You guys might not want to fight over an island so close to sea level considering climate change.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    All islands are close to the sea

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    All jokes aside, this is pretty cool. It's easy to think of ourselves living in a static world and forget that everything is always changing.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    There is definitely a giant radioactive lizard emerging at that location.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Will it last or be washed away tho

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I've seen enough Godzilla movies to know what's coming next.

    Run mother fuckers!

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