Japan creates ripples in the East China Sea
Posted: 06/03/2012 Filed under: Christian Le Miere, Defence | Tags: China, Diaoyu islands, East China Sea, East China Sea disputes, Japan, maritime disputes, Senkaku islands, Taiwan Leave a comment »
By Christian Le Miere, Research Fellow for Naval Forces and Maritime Security
Hokusei-kojima, Hokutou-kojima, Kita-kojima by Kuba-jima and Kita-kojima by Taisho-jima – these names have roiled the waters of the East China Sea again. They were the labels that Japan chose recently for four disputed islets during the seemingly uncontroversial procedure of defining its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
