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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands from a Japanese Perspective

Masahiko Asada

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 12 February 2025

Subject(s):
Airspace — Occupation — Islands and artificial islands — Baselines — UNCLOS (UN Convention on the Law of the Sea) — Peace treaties — Treaties, interpretation — Territory, acquisition and transfer — Territory, title

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the direction of Professor Anne Peters (2021–) and Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum (2004–2020). 

Editor’s Note: The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law includes coverage of both the Chinese and Japanese perspectives on this disputed territory. Please see also Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands from a Chinese Perspective. The previous (original) version of this article appeared under the title ‘Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands’ until January 2025 and was also published under that title in the 2012 print edition of the Encyclopedia (R Wolfrum (ed) The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (OUP Oxford 2012) vol III, 90–93). 1 The Senkaku Islands (in...
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