The Loom of Dispute between Two Asian Giants Sparking Concern on SENKAKU Islands (Japan), Diaoyu Islands (China)

1.
The Loom of Dispute between
Two Asian Giants Sparking
Concern on
SENKAKU Islands (Japan),
Diaoyu Islands (China)
Prepared by Raizza Corpuz

3. SENKAKU Islands Japan,
Diaoyu Islands China:
eight uninhabited islands and rocks in
question lie in the East China Sea
total area of about 7 sq km and lie northeast
of Taiwan, east of the Chinese mainland
and southwest of Japan's southern-most
prefecture, Okinawa

4. Geography
The Senkaku Islands consist of those
islands such as the Uotsuri Island,
Kitakojima Island, and Minamikojima
Island, Kubajima Island, Taisyojima Island,
Okinokitaiwa, Okinominamiiwa and
Tobise.

6. Historical Background
(TIMELINE)
Records of these islands date back to as early as the 15th century
1796: The first published description of the
islands in Europe was in a book imported by
Isaac Titsingh His small library of Japanese
books included Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu ( An
Illustrated Description of Three Countries?
)
by Hayashi Shihei
1785: text established in JAPAN , described
the Ryūkyū Kingdom

7. 1832: the
Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ire
supported the posthumous abridged
publication of Titsingh's French translation.
1789-1791 : The name, "Pinnacle Isles" was
apparently first applied to them by
James Colnett, who charted them this year,
voyage in the Argonaut.
November1797: William Robert Broughton
sailed past them, during his voyage of
discovery to the North Pacific in
HMS Providence, and referred to Uotsuri
Island as "Peaks Island"

8. 1870s and 1880’s: the English name
Pinnacle Islands was used by the British
navy for the rocks adjacent to the largest
island Uotsuri-shima /Diaoyu Dao (then
called Hoa-pin-su, "Peace Island"); Kuba-
shima /Huangwei Yu (then called Ti-a-usu);
and Taishō-tō/Chiwei Yu. The name
"Pinnacle Islands" is used by some as an
English-language equivalent to "Senkaku"
or "Diaoyu".

9. 14 January 1895: The Japanese central
government formally annexed the islands ,
naming them Senkaku, or “Pinnacled
Pavilions
1900: Japanese entrepreneur Koga
Tatsushirō constructed a bonito processing
plant on the islands with 200 workers

10. Japanese workers at a bonito fishery processing
plant on Uotsuri-shima sometime around 1910

11. The business failed in 1940 and the islands
have remained deserted ever since.
1970s: Tatsushirō's son Zenji Koga and
Zenji's wife Hanako sold four islets to the
Kurihara family of Saitama Prefecture,
Kunioki Kurihara owned Uotsuri, Kita-
Kojima, and Minami-Kojima. Kunioki's
sister owns Kuba.

12. 1945 : The islands came under US
government occupation , after the surrender
of Japan ended World War II
1969: the United Nations Economic
Commission for Asia and the Far
East (ECAFE) identified potential oil and
gas reserves in the vicinity of the Senkaku
Islands
1971: the Okinawa Reversion Treaty passed
the U.S. Senate, returning the islands to
Japanese control

13. 1972: the Okinawa Reversion Treaty passed
the U.S. Senate, returning the islands to
Japanese control, the Taiwanese and
Chinese governments officially began to
declare ownership of the islands.
 the mayor of Ishigaki has been given civic
authority over the territory, The Japanese
central government, however, has
prohibited Ishigaki from surveying or
developing the islands

14. 1979 : an official delegation from the
Japanese government composed of 50
academics, government officials from the
Foreign and Transport ministries, officials
from the now-defunct Okinawa
Development Agency, and Hiroyuki
Kurihara, visited the islands and camped on
Uotsuri for about four weeks.
 The delegation surveyed the local ecosystem, finding
moles and sheep, studied the local marine life, and
examined whether the islands would support human
habitation.

15. 2002 to 2012: the Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications paid the
Kurihara family ¥25 million a year to
rent Uotsuri, Minami-Kojima and Kita-
Kojima.
 Japan's Ministry of Defense rents Kuba island for an
undisclosed amount. Kuba is used by the U.S. military as a
practice aircraft bombing range. Japan's central
government completely owns Taisho island.

16. 17 December 2010: declared January 14 as
"Pioneering Day" to commemorate Japan's
1895 annexation of the Senkaku Islands
2012: both the Tokyo Metropolitan and
Japanese central governments announced
plans to negotiate purchase of Uotsuri, Kita-
Kojima, and Minami-Kojima from the
Kurihara family.

17. 11 September 2012: the Japanese
government nationalized its control over
Minami-kojima, Kita-kojima, and Uotsuri
islands by purchasing them from the
Kurihara family for ¥2.05 billion
China's Foreign Ministry objected saying Beijing
would not "sit back and watch its territorial
sovereignty violated."

18. Substantive claim
• This entails the substantive evidence to
PROVE that it is part of their
TERRITORY:

19. Why Are China and Japan
Sparring Over Eight Tiny,
Uninhabited Islands?
• Because of :
1.natural gas
2.energy-rich island chains

20. For JAPAN:

21. For CHINA:

22. Japan-China Relations:
Current Situation of Senkaku Islands
Location of Senkaku Islands

27. NEWS UPDATE