Meaning of Uotsuri Island | Babel Free

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An island in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in the Senkaku Islands.

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“A rescue ship headed toward Formosa today with the 13 persons who lived through the wrecking of a Japanese airways land plane in a forced landing on Uotsuri Island. The stranded crew of four and nine passengers were sighted by the ship along the beach, 110 miles north of Formosa.”

“Japan sent home the first of a group of Chinese activists and reporters late on Friday, two days after arresting them on the disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Five were detained on the Uotsuri Island for violating immigration laws, while the other nine were picked up by the Japanese Coast Guard.”

“Japanese activists raised flags early Sunday on Uotsuri Island, part of the small archipelago known in Japan as Senkaku and in China as Diaoyu.[…] Even as the protests began unfolding Sunday morning, a group of conservative Japanese activists might have planted the seeds for further anger in China. About 10 of the activists, including local assembly members from Tokyo, swam ashore to the disputed island, Uotsuri. While Japan controls the island chain, the Tokyo government restricts access to avoid inflaming regional tensions. The 10 who landed Sunday did so without permission, and were later questioned by the Japanese Coast Guard.”

“Meanwhile, Japanese media reported at the weekend that a Coast Guard Administration vessel was seen operating in waters near the Diaoyutais, coming within 39km off Uotsuri Island, the largest islet in the chain, known as the Senkakus by the Japanese.”

“On the day Xu, identified as a native of Hebei province, was fished out of the water 22 km (14 miles) south of Uotsuri island, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated his commitment to a stronger military and to revising the pacifist constitution.”

“Xu Shuaijun, who identified himself as a cook, ditched in the East China Sea on Wednesday after experiencing problems during a 223-mile (360km) crossing from the Chinese province of Fujian to Uotsuri Island, known in China as Diaoyu Dao. It is 1.6sq miles (4.3sq km) and is the largest of the Senkaku islands, which are administered by Japan but claimed by China under the name of the Diaoyus.[…] In 2012, a group of Hong Kong-based activists were arrested and swiftly deported after briefly landing on Uotsuri island. A few days later, a group of Japanese nationalists did the same, although the Japanese Government restricts landings even by its own citizens to minimise offence to Beijing.”

“At around 5:30 a.m., crewmembers of a JCG patrol boat received an SOS from the 106,726-ton freighter Anangel Courage. The patrol vessel and a JCG plane found the freighter on the high seas about 67 kilometers away from Uotsuri Island, one of the Senkaku Islands, which are also claimed by China.”

“On 13 December 2012, China sent a State Oceanic Administration aircraft (Harbin Y-12) to fly over the territorial space of Uotsuri Island, one of the disputed islands, thereby creating a dangerous situation of contingency and escalation, especially after the Japanese government scrambled its fighter jets to drive it out.”

“Several government sources told Kyodo News that a drill involving the Self-Defence Forces (Japan’s de facto military), coastguard and police took place at an uninhabited island in Nagasaki prefecture with land features resembling Uotsuri Island, one of the islets that make up the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands in the East China Sea.”

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