War and Conflict Journal

Diaoyu-Senkaku Islands Dispute

Diaoyu-Senkaku Islands Dispute (2010)–While Japan and China have not fought a war since 1945, they really do not like each other. This is partially evidenced by the ongoing dispute over a group of uninhabited islands between Japan and Taiwarn (which China also claims, by the way). China calls them the Diaoyu Islands, while Japan calls them the Senkaku Islands (see map below). Both nations claim the islands as their territory, and this dispute escalated in September, 2010, when Japanese authorities seized a Chinese fishing trawler that collided with Japanese patrol boats and arrested the boat’s captain.
Nationalist-minded Chinese activists previously have landed on the rocky islands in order to raise the Chinese flag, but the boat incident is the most serious diplomatic dispute over these islands in decades.  For more historical information on the past wars and conflicts between Japan and China, go to  http://www.historyguy.com/sino-japanese_wars.html