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Japan recently voiced serious concerns over a prolonged incursion by Chinese Coast Guard ships near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, marking one of the longest intrusions into Japan’s territorial waters.

About Senkaku Islands

• The Senkaku Islands are an uninhabited group of islands situated in the East China Sea, approximately 90 nautical miles north from the Yaeyama Islands in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture and 120 nautical miles northeast of the island of Taiwan. 
• They are also known as the Diaoyu Islands in mainland China, the Diaoyutai Islands in Taiwan, and the Pinnacle Islands by other observers.
• The islands comprise Uotsuri Island,Kuba Island, Taisho Island (also called Kumeakashima Island), Kitakojima Island, Minamikojima Island,Tobise Island,Okinokitaiwa Island, and Okinominamiiwa Island. 
• The total land area of all the islands is roughly 6.3 square kilometers, with the largest, Uotsuri Island, being some 3.6 square kilometers in size.
• The Senkakus consist of conglomerate sandstone (alternate layers of sandstone and conglomerate in some parts), tuff, andesite, andesitic lava, coral outcroppings elevated above sea level during the Holocene era, and other rocky material. 
• The surrounding area is highly volcanic and features faults associated with this volcanic activity, and this affects land formation.
• Dispute: The islands are the focus of a territorial dispute between Japan and China and between Japan and Taiwan.
• Administration: 
  • They were never administered by any other country before Japan incorporated them into its territory in 1895.
  • Currently, Japan administers and controls the Senkaku Islands as part of the city of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture.

Senkaku Islands FAQs

Q1. Who administers the Senkaku Islands?

Ans. The Senkaku Islands are administered by Japan.

Q2. Where are the Senkaku Islands located?

Ans. East China Sea

Q3. What is the largest island among the Senkaku Islands?

Ans. Uotsuri Island

Source: DDN