UNHELPFUL: Any unilateral action to change the islands’ name would not change the fact that the islands belong to the Republic of China, the Presidential Office said
Taipei Times
Date: Jun 23, 2020
By: Lu Yi-hsuan and Dennis Xie / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Diaoyutai Islands, also known as Senkaku Islands, a group of islands in the East China Sea that are claimed by Taiwan, Japan and China, are pictured on Sept. 15, 2010.
Photo: AFP
Known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan, the group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea is claimed by Taiwan, Japan and China.
The Ishigaki Municipal Assembly yesterday passed a bill to change the islands’ administrative name from “Tonoshiro” to “Tonoshiro Senkaku,” despite the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ assertion of Taiwanese sovereignty over the islands on multiple occasions following media reports about the Japanese proposal earlier this month.
Ishigaki Mayor Yoshitaka Nakayama said at the time that Japan hoped to rename the islands because China frequently dispatched vessels to waters around the islands, and even expelled Japanese fishing vessels in the area. [FULL STORY]
