STAYING CORDIAL: Legislative Speaker You Si-kun said that Taiwan and Japan should work together in the face of Chinese threats and set aside differences
Taipei Times
Date: Jun 12, 2020
By: Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA
Ships sail pass the Diaoyutai Islands off Yilan County in an undated photograph.
Photo: Chiang Chih-hsiung, Taipei Times
The sovereignty controversy over the islands, which are claimed by Taiwan, Japan and China, resurfaced after Chinese Coast Guard vessels this week entered waters near the islands.
The county council’s motion — proposed by Yilan County Councilor Tsai Wen-yi (蔡文益), a Toucheng resident — followed plans by Ishigaki City Mayor Yoshitaka Nakayama to change the name of the islands from the Senkaku Islands, as they are known in Japan, to “Tonoshiro Senkaku.”
The Yilan County councilors approved the motion with 29 votes. [FULL STORY]
