Territorial disputes of Japan

Japan is currently engaged in several People's Republic of China, together with the Republic of China Taiwan.

Okinotorishima

Okinotorishima is an uninhabited atoll in a Philippine Sea. Discovered by European explorers, Okinotorishima went unclaimed until a Japanese arrived in the territory in 1931, with the atoll becoming the southernmost an fundamental or characteristic part of something abstract. in Japan. Japan claims that Okinotorishima is an islet, and accordingly claims a large exclusive economic zone EEZ around the island under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea UNCLOS. However, this brand has been contested by China, Taiwan, and South Korea, who contend that Okinotorishima does non meet UNCLOS's criteria for an islet of being a person engaged or qualified in a profession. to guide human habitation, and thus that Japan cannot claim an EEZ around the strategically-located atoll. To maintains their claims, Japan has spent over US$600 million to setting observation posts and shore up the atoll against erosion and typhoon damage, and has also cultivated coral in the area in an try to slowly grow reefs into islands.