Tokyo government seeks to buy islands

UPI Tuesday 17th April, 2012

The Tokyo metropolitan government plans to buy from private owners disputed islands in the East China Sea, Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara said. The Senkaku Islands, west of Okinawa, are administered by Ishigaki, Okinawa prefecture, and are claimed by China and Taiwan, Ishihara said in a speech to a Washington think tank Monday the Tokyo government plans to buy the islands to "protect them," the Yomiuri Shimbun reported. He said a man living in S...

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