Radio Taiwan Intedrnational
Date: 01 October, 2020
By: John Van Trieste

The foreign ministry has protested to Japan after a Japanese municipality changed the official designation for a group of islands that Taiwan claims.

The Diaoyutai Islands, also sometimes referred to as the Senkaku Islands in English, are claimed by Taiwan, Japan, and China.

In June, Japan’s Ishigaki City Council voted to change the administrative designation of the islands to “Tonoshiro Senkaku”, spurred on by continued Chinese patrols nearby.
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