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The islands are referred to as the Senkaku Islands (尖 閣 諸 島, Senkaku-shotō, variants: 尖閣群島 Senkaku-guntō [18] and 尖閣列島 Senkaku-rettō [19]) in Japanese. In mainland China, they are known as the Diaoyu Islands (Chinese: 钓鱼 岛; pinyin: Diàoyúdǎo) or more fully "Diaoyu Dao and its affiliated islands" (Chinese: 钓鱼 岛 及 其 附属 岛屿; pinyin ...
The Senkaku Islands dispute, or Diaoyu Islands dispute, is a territorial dispute over a group of uninhabited islands known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan, the Diaoyu Islands in China, [1] and Tiaoyutai Islands in Taiwan. [2]
The Senkaku Islands are claimed by Japan, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China. [8] [9] In 2008 a sports fishing boat from Taiwan, Lien Ho, was rammed and sunk by JCG patrol ships which led to an official apology and monetary compensation of NT$10 million paid by Japan. [10]
Both Chinese claims are based on knowledge of and control over the islands prior to their Japanese discovery in 1884 and their acquisition by Japan during the First Sino-Japanese War, which ultimately resulted in the ceding of nearby Formosa and surrounding islands to Japan in the Treaty of Shimonoseki; the Chinese claims include the Senkaku ...
Meanwhile, the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands [38] are claimed by the ROC as "Diaoyutai Islands" within Toucheng Township, Yilan County [39] and are considered to be part of geographic and provincial Taiwan by the ROC. The Senkaku Islands lie about 186 kilometres from the northeast of Taiwan Island, and situated roughly 330 kilometres from ...
It includes Ishigaki island and the Senkaku Islands territory. [1] The city is the political, cultural, and economic center of the Yaeyama Islands. [2] New Ishigaki Airport serves the city. As of December 2012, the city has an estimated population of 48,816 and a population density of 213 persons per km 2. The total area is 229.00 km 2. [3]
Map of the nine-dash line and EEZs Nine-dash line Malaysia Vietnam Brunei Philippines Territorial disputes in the South China Sea involve conflicting island and maritime claims in the South China Sea made by Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Taiwan (Republic of China/ROC), and Vietnam. The disputes involve the islands, reefs, banks, and other ...
Senkaku Islands (尖閣列島), disputed territory named "Diaoyu" or "Diaoyutai Islands" in Mandarin Chinese, also known as "Pinnacle Islands", administered by Japan; Senkaku (priest) (仙覚, 1203 – c. 1273), a Japanese Buddhist priest; Yasui Senkaku (安井仙角, 1700–1737), the head of the Yasui school of Go, which was established in ...