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Bookmark or Share- China-Japan trawler incident: Reviewing the dispute over Senkaku/Daioyu ...In Brief. On September 7th, in the ‘territorial seas’ of the Senkaku/Daioyu islands, a Chinese fishing trawler rammed two Japanese coast guard vessels with deliberate intent. While the trawler’s detained crew of 14 was released on September 13th after being questioned on a voluntary basis, the skipper was arrested on September 10th and ...
- The future of US–Japan military exercises | East Asia ForumThe fear in Tokyo and Washington is that Beijing may, overtly or covertly, deploy troops and seize the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in a short, sharp war, presenting Japan with a fait accompli. After Japan nationalised three of the five main islands which comprise the Senkakus in September 2012, China increased its maritime presence in the East China ...
- Getting down to business on Japan–China relationsThree times per month, four Chinese public vessels enter waters surrounding the Senkaku Islands for approximately two hours each, and every time this happens, Japan lodges protests. However, this ‘three-four-two’ formula remains consistent, and the dispute regarding territorial waters is to some extent being kept under control.
- East China Sea raises concerns in Tokyo, WashingtonBy creating an ADIZ that incorporates the Diaoyu/Senkaku, China presumably feels it has established a parallel basis for challenging and, if necessary, taking action against Japanese aircraft intruding into ‘Chinese’ airspace over the disputed islands. Whether China has any intention of doing so absent other ‘provocations’ is unknowable.
- Japan-China relations stand at ground zero | East Asia ForumThat was a public acknowledgement to the world that the Senkaku Islands were under the effective control of Japan. On the other hand, China was able to publicly show to the world that ‘a territorial issue’ does exist over the Senkaku Islands, in contrast to Japan repeatedly emphasising that no territorial issue existed.
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