Senkaku Islands, 尖閣諸島, 尖閣群島, Diaoyudao Islands, 钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿, Diaoyutai Islands, 钓鱼岛, 釣魚臺列嶼, Pinnacle Islands, Dispute No. 2". Digital Art by Thucydd. by Thucydd Ides
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Digital Art by Thucydd. The Senkaku Islands 尖閣諸島, Senkaku-shotō, variants: 尖閣群島 Senkaku-guntō and 尖閣列島 Senkaku-rettō are a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. They are located east of China, northeast of Republic of China, west of Okinawa Island, and north of the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands. They are known in mainland China as the Diaoyu Islands or Diaoyu Dao and its affiliated islands (Chinese: 钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿; pinyin: Diàoyúdǎo jí qí fùshǔ dǎoyǔ; also simply 钓鱼岛), in Republic of China as the Tiaoyutai Islands / Diaoyutai Islands (Chinese: 釣魚臺列嶼; pinyin: Diàoyútái liè yǔ), and in the Western World are sometimes impartially referred to by the historical name Pinnacle Islands. In Okinawan they are called yukunkubajima. In Yaeyama dialect, they are called iigunkubajima.[citation needed] The islands are the focus of a territorial dispute between Japan and both the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC), also known as Taiwan. China claims the discovery and ownership of the islands from the 14th century, while Japan maintained ownership of the islands from 1895 until its surrender at the end of World War II. The United States administered the islands as part of the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands from 1945 until 1972, when the islands returned to Japanese control under the Okinawa Reversion Agreement between the United States and Japan. The discovery of potential undersea oil reserves in 1968 in the area was a catalyst for further interest in the disputed islands. Despite the diplomatic stalemate between the governments in Beijing and Taipei, both governments agree that the islands are part of Republic of China as part of Toucheng Township in Yilan County. Japan administers and controls the Senkaku islands as part of the city of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture. It does not acknowledge the claims of China nor Republic of China, but
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