The cabinet will approve the deal in the middle of this month, both the Asahi and Yomiuri newspapers said. The Japanese government says it has no plans to build on the islands, unlike Mr Ishihara who had suggested he could build a dock. The purchase is likely to raise tensions with China, but less so than were Mr Ishihara to buy them. Japan controls the islands, which lie south of Okinawa and north of Taiwan, but China also claims them, as does Taiwan.
Earlier this month, a group of Hong Kong activists landed on one of the islands amid the rumbling row. Japanese nationalists also subsequently visited, sparking protests in several Chinese cities. On Tuesday, two men were held in Beijing for ripping the flag off the Japanese ambassador's car, in an apparent protest over the islands.
The disputed islands sit in key shipping lanes and are thought to lie close to gas deposits. On Wednesday an editorial in China's Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily accused Japan of acting in a two-faced manner over the islands.
Some people say things about them to me. Premier Zhou: I do not want to talk about the Senkaku Islands this time. It is not good to to discuss this now. It became an issue because of the oil out there. Vice Premier Deng: As though something had just come to his mind There was one more thing I wanted to say. There exist a variety of issues between our two countries; for example there is the issue of what is called the Diaoyu in China, and the Senkaku Islands in Japan.
It is essential to look at this issue with a broad perspective. There was no response from Prime Minister Fukuda. What is the view of the Deputy Premier?
Even our nomenclature is different. Certainly there are differences of opinion between us on this issue but when we normalized diplomatic relations between our two countries, both parties promised to leave the issue aside. At this time of negotiation on Treaty of Peace and Friendship, we agreed to leave the issue aside in much the same way.
Based on Chinese wisdom, this is the only idea we have. If we delve into the subject, it becomes difficult to say something clearly. Certainly there are some people that want to use this issue to throw cold water onto China-Japan relations.
Therefore, I think it is better to avoid the issue when our countries have negotiations. At that time, a solution that everyone can agree on will probably be found. These, since the surrender, have been under the sole administration of the United States. Several of the Allied Powers urged that the treaty should require Japan to renounce its sovereignty over these islands in favor of United States sovereignty.
Others suggested that these islands should be restored completely to Japan. The necessity of establishing facilities for local fishermen and protection of the natural environment was confirmed. On September 11, the Senkaku Islands came to be owned by the national government. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government established a fund in order to prompt the national government, which has become the owner of the Senkaku Islands, to utilize the islands, and to strictly manage donations beyond the accounting year.
From now on, in order to entrust the fund to the national government, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will collaborate with Ishigaki City and other nearby local governments, make proposals, etc. About the holding of a documentary photograph exhibit about the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Senkaku Islands field investigation.
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