Senkaku Islands

Senkaku Islands, also called ,National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Senkaku-rettō, Japan. Retrieved 2011-10-10. Diaoyu Dao Islands (),Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS). (2000). International Organizations and the Law of the Sea, p. 107. Retrieved 2011-10-10. and Tiaoyutai Islands (),Government Information Office, Republic of China (ROC):  "Ma Ying-jeou: Beijing’s Senkaku Claim isn’t Taipei’s Claim," China news Agency (ROC). July 22, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10. are uninhabited islands in the East China Sea.

The group of islands, islets, and rocks is east of Mainland China, northeast of Taiwan, west of Okinawa, and north of the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands. The islands are about 200 km from Taiwan, and about 300 km from Okinawa.Shaw, Han-yi. (1999).  The Diaoyutai/Senkaku Islands Dispute: Its History and an Analysis of the Ownership Claims of the PRC, ROC, and Japan, p. 10 (PDF 12 of 150).

Dispute
The United States occupied thesislands from 1945 to 1972, when they reverted to Japan. The official US position is neutral in a dispute among Japan, China and Taiwan.Finney, John W.  "Senate Endorses Okinawa Treaty; Votes 84 to 6 for Island's Return to Japan," The New York Times. November 11, 1971;  Congressional Research Service Report 96-798, September 30, 1996. Retrieved 2011-11-11. Control over the islands and rocks is disputed.GlobalSecurity.org,  "Senkaku/Diaoyutai Islands". Retrieved 2011-10-10. The issues are complex.Hunt, Pete.  "China and Japan's Wikipedia War,"  Foreign Policy (US). February 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-4-2. The Japanese government describes the islands as part of Japan.NILOS,   p. 108. Retrieved 2011-10-10. 
The islands are also described as part of China.Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the UN,  Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks ;  compare  Youth Research Group  (Russia),  "Senkaku (Diaoyudao) Islands" ;  retrieved 2011-10-10. There are conflicts in the positions of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC).Suganuma, Unryu (2001). Sovereign Rights and Territorial Space in Sino-Japanese Relations: Irredentism and the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, pp. 89-92.Lee, Seokwoo et al. (2002).   Territorial disputes among Japan, Taiwan and China concerning the Senkaku Islands, pp. 11-12. Retrieved 2011-10-10. Noth Chinas have a shared history.Shaw, p. 41 (PDF 43 of 150);  retrieved 2011-10-10.  

From March 2025 onwards, China Coast Guard (中国海警) ships from China approached the islands.https://www.newsweek.com/japan-china-senkaku-diaoyu-islands-confrontation-2072159 https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/29/asia/chinese-ships-japan-senkaku-islands-intl-hnk-ml

Related pages
 List of regions of Japan
 List of islands of Japan
 Political problems of China
 Provinces of Japan
 Prefectures of Japan

References 

Other websites

 Japan,  "The Basic view on the Sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands", Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 China,  "China's Diaoyu Islands Sovereignty is Undeniable", People's Daily
 Taiwan, "ROC (Taiwan) Government Reaffirms Sovereignty over Diaoyutai Islands", Republic of China Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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