Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-07-18

The foreign ministry has restated Taiwan’s sovereignty claim to the Diaoyutai

Foreign ministry spokesperson Andrew Lee appears in this CNA file photo.

islands. That’s after a report that Japan plans to list the islands as part of its territory in school textbooks from next year.

Taiwan, Japan and China all claim the uninhabited islands located to the northeast of Taiwan. Japan refers to them as Senkaku, while China calls them Diaoyu. The islands have been controlled by Japan since 1972.

A report in Taiwan’s Apple Daily newspaper on Tuesday said high school textbooks in Japan would list the islands as Japanese territory from next year. The new books will also list the disputed Takeshima islands as Japanese territory. The islands are also claimed by South Korea, which calls them Dokdo. The books will claim that no sovereignty dispute exists concerning the islands, according to the Apple Daily report.    [FULL  STORY]