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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 dispute over the Kuril Islands was one of the main reasons that the Soviets did not sign the Treaty of San Francisco, and the state of war between the two nations persisted until the Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956, in which Japan agreed to renounce their claims to Iturup and Kunashir in return for the Soviets returning Shikotan ...
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]
The islands are the focus of a territorial dispute between Japan and China and between Japan and Taiwan. [9] China claims the discovery and ownership of the islands from the 14th century, while Japan maintained ownership of the islands from 1895 until its surrender at the end of World War II.
Japan and China have repeatedly faced off around the Japan-administered islands. China also has escalating run-ins with the Philippine navy in disputed areas of the South China Sea, where Beijing ...
On 19 August, Vice Foreign Minister Ken'ichirÅ Sasae expressed that the protests made by China are "unacceptable" and voiced regret over anti-Japanese protests in China. [81] [82] On 20 August, the 10 Japanese activists who landed on the disputed islands were prosecuted for law-breaking and put under trial by the Okinawan police. [83] [84]
Japan and China have also clashed over mutual maritime claims in the East China Sea, as well as China's actions against the Philippines' territorial claims in the South China Sea.
There are disputes between China, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea over the extent of their respective exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the East China Sea. The dispute between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Japan concerns the different application of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which both nations ...