- Sputnik International
Asia
Find top stories and features from Asia and the Pacific region. Keep updated on major political stories and analyses from Asia and the Pacific. All you want to know about China, Japan, North and South Korea, India and Pakistan, Southeast Asia and Oceania.

China's Stance on Disputed Islands: Japan Needs to Do More for Peace

© AP Photo / Emily WangJapanese Coast Guard boat and vessel sail alongside Japanese activists' fishing boat, not in photo, warning the activists away from a group of disputed islands called Diaoyu by China and Senkaku by Japan
Japanese Coast Guard boat and vessel sail alongside Japanese activists' fishing boat, not in photo, warning the activists away from a group of disputed islands called Diaoyu by China and Senkaku by Japan - Sputnik International
Subscribe
Japan should do more to provide peace and stability in the region, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Monday.

BEIJING (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, reports emerged that Japan had deployed about 160 servicemen on the island of Yonaguni in Okinawa Prefecture, located 93.2 miles south of islands over which it has a territorial dispute with China. According to Kyodo news agency, the servicemen's duties will include monitoring the water and air close to the disputed Senkaku Islands, or the Diaoyutai Islands in Chinese, and servicing a radar station located on the island.

"The position of China regarding the Diaoyutai Islands and the South China Sea is clear. We urge Japan to do more to provide peace and stability in the region," Hong said at a briefing, commenting on the Beijing's position regarding Tokyo's recent actions.

Tokyo - Sputnik International
Asia
Japan Refuses to Give Up Non-Nuclear Principles Amid N Korean Nuke Threat
Political tension between China and Japan escalated in 2012 when the Japanese government nationalized control over three of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The islands are part of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture but they are also claimed by China.

China also has territorial disputes with Vietnam and the Philippines over a number of islands in the South China Sea. In 2013, the Philippines took a case to the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), unilaterally challenging China's claims to some of the territories. China has rejected the use of arbitration to resolve the disputes.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала