Hotspots: Daioyu/Senkaku Islands

Question 1

As well as installing a US-Japanese military alliance, which treaty renounced occupied territory to the US, with the rest under US Trusteeship

Answer 1

1951 Treaty of San Francisco

Question 2

Chinese say Diaoyu Islands… the Japanese say?

Answer 2

Senkaku Islands

Question 3

Approx sq km of Daioyu/Senkaku Islands?

Answer 3

7km sq

Question 4

Until what year was the Islands under US trusteeship?

Answer 4

1971

Question 5

Which contract gave the islands back to Japan?

Answer 5

The Okinawa Reversion Deal

Question 6

After a short period of private ownership, when did Japan buy back the islands?

Answer 6

2012

Question 7

What are the main factors to Japans island claim?

Answer 7

• Historical ownership
• San Fran Treaty did not mention the islands
• China & Taiwan only interested after oil discover

Question 8

What is the main factor to China’s claim to the islands?

Answer 8

• Historical discovery and fishing grounds

Question 9

U.S Position on the Islands?

Answer 9

No official position, but recognise Japanese authority and thus deserving of US protection

Question 10

Importance for China if they “win” the islands?

Answer 10

• Better control of Taiwan
• Progress toward island-chain
• Expansion of EEZ

Question 11

What UN convention establishes the idea of an 200 nautical miles Exclusive Economic Zone?

Answer 11

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

Question 12

What has been the general themes of physical conflict in-and-around the islands?

Answer 12

Boat collisions

Lighthouse building

Oil drilling

Question 13

Which international law works in China’s favour regarding ownership of the islands?

Answer 13

Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone in 1992