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Wed, 10/13/2010 - 23:39
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LDP protests Google`s listing of Chinese names for Senkakus on maps+
TOKYO, Oct. 13 Kyodo -
The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party lodged a protest with Internet
search giant Google on Wednesday, arguing that the operator's map service lists
both Japanese and Chinese names for Japanese-controlled islands in the East
China Sea that are claimed by both countries and the Chinese names should be
deleted.
The protest lodged under the name of LDP policy chief Shigeru Ishiba is
apparently driven by the party's desire to signal both domestically and
internationally that the Senkaku Islands have always been part of Japanese
territory.
The bilateral dispute over the islands gained international attention after
ties between Japan and China soured following collisions last month between a
Chinese trawler and Japan Coast Guard patrol boats near the islands.
Receiving the request for a correction, the Japanese arm of Google said it will
report the matter to its U.S. headquarters.
Besides listing the islet group as the Senkaku Islands and the largest and most
symbolic island as Uotsuri Island, Google Maps also lists them as the Diaoyu
Islands and Diaoyu Island, without explaining that the latter are Chinese
names.
''The Senkaku Islands are under the effective control of Japan and there is
therefore no territorial dispute to be resolved,'' the LDP said in its protest.
''It is clearly wrong to list the names as if a territorial dispute exists with
China in the area.''
The LDP will also take up the issue in parliamentary debates, it said.
The islet group, which lies about 400 kilometers west of the main Okinawa
island, was annexed into Okinawa Prefecture in 1895. The islets came under U.S.
control after the end of World War II but were returned to Japan along with
Okinawa in 1972.
The Japanese government has leased part of the islands from land owners and
banned entry there.
China and Taiwan began claiming ownership of the territories around the 1970s,
at about the same time the possibilities of gas and other natural resources
began being mentioned for seabed in the waters nearby. But Japan has taken the
position that no territorial dispute exists regarding the islands.
==Kyodo
The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party lodged a protest with Internet
search giant Google on Wednesday, arguing that the operator's map service lists
both Japanese and Chinese names for Japanese-controlled islands in the East
China Sea that are claimed by both countries and the Chinese names should be
deleted.
The protest lodged under the name of LDP policy chief Shigeru Ishiba is
apparently driven by the party's desire to signal both domestically and
internationally that the Senkaku Islands have always been part of Japanese
territory.
The bilateral dispute over the islands gained international attention after
ties between Japan and China soured following collisions last month between a
Chinese trawler and Japan Coast Guard patrol boats near the islands.
Receiving the request for a correction, the Japanese arm of Google said it will
report the matter to its U.S. headquarters.
Besides listing the islet group as the Senkaku Islands and the largest and most
symbolic island as Uotsuri Island, Google Maps also lists them as the Diaoyu
Islands and Diaoyu Island, without explaining that the latter are Chinese
names.
''The Senkaku Islands are under the effective control of Japan and there is
therefore no territorial dispute to be resolved,'' the LDP said in its protest.
''It is clearly wrong to list the names as if a territorial dispute exists with
China in the area.''
The LDP will also take up the issue in parliamentary debates, it said.
The islet group, which lies about 400 kilometers west of the main Okinawa
island, was annexed into Okinawa Prefecture in 1895. The islets came under U.S.
control after the end of World War II but were returned to Japan along with
Okinawa in 1972.
The Japanese government has leased part of the islands from land owners and
banned entry there.
China and Taiwan began claiming ownership of the territories around the 1970s,
at about the same time the possibilities of gas and other natural resources
began being mentioned for seabed in the waters nearby. But Japan has taken the
position that no territorial dispute exists regarding the islands.
==Kyodo
