Disputit islands Ither names: Japanese: 尖閣諸島 (Senkaku) Cheenese: 釣魚台列嶼 (Diaoyutai/Tiaoyutai) or 钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿 (Diaoyu/Tiaoyu) Pinnacle Islands | |
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Location o the islands (reid rectangle an inset). | |
Geography | |
Location | Paceefic Ocean |
Coordinates | 25°44′41.49″N 123°28′29.79″E / 25.7448583°N 123.4749417°E |
Total islands | 5 + 3 rocks |
Major islands | Uotsuri-shima / Diaoyu Dao Taishō-tō / Chiwei Yu Kuba-shima / Huangwei Yu Kita-Kojima / Bei Xiaodao Minami-Kojima / Nan Xiaodao |
7 square kilometres (1,700 acres) | |
Admeenistered bi | |
Japan | |
Ceety | Ishigaki, Okinawa |
Claimit bi | |
Japan | |
Ceety | Ishigaki, Okinawa |
Fowkrepublic o Cheenae | |
Tounship | Toucheng, Yilan Coonty, Taiwan Province |
Republic o Cheenae (Taiwan) | |
Tounship | Toucheng, Yilan Coonty, Taiwan Province |
The Senkaku Islands (尖閣諸島 Senkaku-shotō, variants: 尖閣群島 Senkaku-guntō[1] an 尖閣列島 Senkaku-rettō[2]), forby kent as the Diaoyu Islands (Cheenese: 钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿; pinyin: Diàoyúdǎo jí qí fùshǔ dǎoyǔ; or jist 钓鱼岛) in Mainland Cheenae or Tiaoyutai Islands (Cheenese: 釣魚台列嶼; pinyin: Diàoyútái liè yǔ) in Taiwan,[3] or the Pinnacle Islands, is a group o islands controlled bi Japan in the East Cheenae Sea wi nae indwellers. Thay are locatit thareby due east fae Mainland Cheenae, noreast fae Taiwan, wast fae Okinawa Island, an north fae the soothwastren end o the Ryukyu Islands.
Efter it wis diskivert in 1968 that ile reserves micht be foond unner the sea near the islands,[4][5][6][7][8] Japan's sovereignty ower them haes been disputit bi the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (PRC) an the Republic o Cheenae (ROC, commonly kent as Taiwan) follaein the transfer o admeenistration frae the Unitit States tae Japan in 1971. The Cheenese claim the discovery an control o the islands frae the 14t century. Japan controlled the islands frae 1895 till its surrender at the end o Warld War II. The Unitit States admeenistered them as pairt o the Unitit States Ceevil Admeenistration o the Ryukyu Islands frae 1945 till 1972, whan the islands revertit tae Japanese control unner the Okinawa Reversion Treaty atween the Unitit States an Japan.[9]
The islands are an issue in foreign relations atween Japan an the FRC an atween Japan an the ROC.[10] In maugre o the complexity o relations atween the FRC an ROC, baith govrenments gree that the islands is pairt o Taiwan as pairt o Toucheng Township in Yilan Coonty o thair respective diveesions. Japan disnae offeecially recognise Taiwan as a sovereign state,[3] an regards the islands as a pairt o Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefectur an aknawledges the claims o naither the FRC nor ROC tae the islands. The Japanese govrenment hisnae alloued Ishigaki tae develop the islands.