Senkaku Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛŋkɑːku ˈaɪləndz/
enpr: sānʹkäko͝o-go͞ontō
Etymology: Partial calque from Japanese 尖閣諸島(せんかくしょとう) (senkakushotō) / 尖閣群島(せんかくぐんとう) (senkakuguntō) / 尖閣列島(せんかくれっとう) (senkakurettō).
Senses: examples: text: There are, however, localities where small skipjack are caught throughout the year such as in the Senkaku Islands off Miyako.
ref: 1950 [1940 December 4], Masamitsu Ōshima, “A symposium on the investigation of tuna and skipjack spawning grounds”, in Spawning Grounds of Tuna and Skipjack, Fish and Wildlife Service, →OCLC, page 5:
text: Japanese geologists reported that huge oil deposits had been discovered in the area of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea during a survey conducted June 4 to July 13.
ref: 1970, 1969 News Dictionary, Facts on File, →ISBN, page 233:
text: Although the problem of who owned some small islands between Taiwan and Okinawa (the Senkaku Islands) was easily disposed of, Japan’s continued de facto connections with Taiwan were more difficult to reconcile with the Peking relationship.
ref: 1975, J.A.A. Stockwin, “Issues of Foreign Policy and Defense”, in Japan: Divided Politics in a Growth Economy, 2nd American edition, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, published 1982, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 265:
text: At the same press conference, King also reiterated the nation's sovereignty over Tiaoyutai, or Senkaku islands, as the Japanese call them.
"The Republic of China's sovereignty over the island group shall not be affected by any measure taken by any party," he said.
King condemned the Peiping regime for offering to prospect for resources around the islands in cooperation with Japan.
ref: 1979 July 8, “ROC keeps watch on situation of Nicaragua”, in Free China Weekly, volume XX, number 26, Taipei, page 1:
text: On September 11, Japan announced it had nationalised three of the Senkaku islands, generating outrage in China, where a Communist Party Congress opened last week to put in place new leaders who will face the challenge of re-engaging with Japan.
ref: 2012 November 11, Antoni Slodkowski, Junko Fukita, Kimiteru Tsuruta, Kevin Krolicki, “How debts and double-dealing sparked Japan-China islets row”, in Ron Popeski, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016, World:
text: It is absurd to suggest that the Japanese government “dismisses as partial the terms of the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty.” The Senkaku Islands were not included in the territories which Japan renounced under the treaty. They were placed under the administration of the United States as part of the Japanese Nansei Islands. The article’s suggestion that resources might be the reason behind Japan’s claim ignores the fact that it was China that suddenly began to make its territorial claims on the Senkaku Islands in the 1970s, only after a United Nations report indicated the potential existence of oil reserves in the area. Until then, China had not contested Japan’s sovereignty for over 70 years.
ref: 2015 February 1, Sumio Kusaka, “Japan and Its Territorial Claims”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2015, Opinion Letters:
text: Japan sees China’s increasingly assertive military activity in the East and South China seas as a threat in some of the world’s busiest sea lanes.
Japan is especially concerned about Chinese military and coast guard activity in the East China Sea near the Japanese-controlled Senkaku islands, which China also claims and calls Diaoyu.
ref: 2022 April 25, Mari Yamaguchi, “Japan to send envoy to Solomons amid worry over China pact”, in AP News, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2022:
glosses: A chain of islands in the Sakishima islands of Ishigaki, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, in the East China Sea (claimed by China and Toucheng Township, Yilan County, Taiwan (ROC)).
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Diaoyu Islands
word: Diaoyutai Islands
word: Diaoyutai
word: Dioayu
word: Tiaoyu
word: Tiaoyutai
word: Tiaoyutai Islands
word: Tiaoyu Islands
word: Pinnacle Islands