The Ishigaki City Council in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture passed legislation that changes the administrative status of the uninhabited group of islands, known as Senkakus in Japan and Diaoyus in China. The bill changes the islands name for administrative purposes from “Tonoshiro” to Tonoshiro Senkaku “to avoid confusion with another area …
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