Okinawa, Taiwan, and the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in United States-Japan-China Relations
Journal: Japan focus
Year: 2015

The dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands erupted in the 1970s, but the territorial dispute between Japan and China itself had started earlier, over Okinawa, immediately after the Second World War. The major point of dispute in the Senkaku/Diaoyu issue is whether these islands are part of Okinawa or part of Taiwan. The former is the position of the Japanese government, while the latter is the position of both Chinese governments, that is, the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Beijing and the