China, Japan trade blame over sea incursions

By Associated Press

Mar 17, 2023 12:10 am

BEIJING: China's dispute with Japan over tiny, Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea is heating up again, with both sides accusing the other of infringing on their maritime territory.

China says the islands belong to it and refuses to recognize Japan's claim to the uninhabited chain known as the Senkakus in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. Taiwan also claims the islands, which it calls Diaoyutai, but has signed access agreements for its fishermen with Japan and does not actively take part in the dispute.

TROUBLED WATERS A Chinese marine surveillance ship (bottom) is followed by a Japanese Coast Guard ship near disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea on Nov. 15, 2012. KYODO NEWS FILE PHOTO VIA AP

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