Senkaku Islands
2020 JUN 23
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IN NEWS:
- The Ishigaki City Council in Japan's Okinawa prefecture approved the legislation that changes the administrative status of the uninhabited island group, known as the Senkakus in Japan and the Diaoyus in China.
ABOUT SENKAKU ISLANDS:
- The Senkaku Islands are a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea.
- They are located east of Mainland China and northeast of Taiwan.
- They are also known as the Diaoyu Islands or Diaoyu Dao and its affiliated islands.
- The islands are the focus of a territorial dispute between Japan and China and between Japan and Taiwan.
- The discovery of potential undersea oil reserves in 1968 in the area was a catalyst for further interest in the disputed islands.
- Japan administers and controls the Senkaku islands as part of the city of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture.
PRELIMS QUESTION:
Q. Senkaku islands are a focus of a dispute between:
- Japan and China
- China and South Korea
- China and Vietnam
- China and Indonesia
Answer to Prelims question