{"id":114471,"date":"2026-07-22T13:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T07:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=114471"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T07:33:24","slug":"okinotori-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/okinotori-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Okinotori Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Okinotori Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Chinese navy destroyer, alongside Russian vessels, recently conducted live-fire drills near Japan&#8217;s Okinotori Island, marking the first such disclosure by Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Okinotori Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okinotori, also known as <\/span><b>Parece Vela<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a<\/span><b> tiny, uninhabited island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that belongs to <\/span><b>Japan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s located far out in the<\/span><b> Philippine Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is <\/span><b>part of the big Pacific Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s actually an <\/span><b>atoll<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is a ring-shaped coral reef with a lagoon in the middle.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>At high tide, only two tiny rocky outcrops <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">remain <\/span><b>above sea level.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This atoll is <\/span><b>part of a long underwater mountain rang<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e called the<\/span><b> Palau-Kyushu Ridge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okinotori is <\/span><b>part of a group called the Ogasawara Islands<\/b> <b>governed by Japan.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>Japan&#8217;s southernmost island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located about 1,700 kilometers south of Tokyo.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>only Japanese territory south of the Tropic of Cancer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and lies to the south of Hong Kong and Taiwan.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Japan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">says that the waters around Okinotori are its <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/eez\/\" target=\"_blank\">Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, some other <\/span><b>countries, like China, do not agree with Japan&#8217;s claim<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over this specific EEZ.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is in a very important spot for<\/span><b> military and shipping routes.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It sits about<\/span><b> halfway between Taiwan and Guam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (island <\/span><b>territory of the United States<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This makes its location strategic in the Pacific Ocean. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devdiscourse.com\/article\/law-order\/3953187-tense-waters-chinas-first-disclosed-naval-drill-near-japans-okinotori\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DEVD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okinotori Island is a tiny, uninhabited island that belongs to Japan. 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