Japan Urges China To Delete Website On Senkakus
The Japanese government has lodged a protest against China's new digital "museum" that underscores Beijing's claims to the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato Katsunobu told reporters on Monday that Japan filed the protest with China via diplomatic channels, calling for the website to be deleted.
Japan controls the islands. China and Taiwan claim them. The Japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of Japan's territory, in terms of history and international law. It says there is no issue of sovereignty to be resolved over them.
Kato stressed the government's position and Japan's effective control of the islands.
He said China is in no position to create such a website on the Japanese territory, and called Beijing's claims unacceptable.
The digital museum was launched on Saturday by China's National Marine Data and Information Service, an agency of the State Oceanic Administration.
The museum virtually presents maps and historical documents that Beijing says show that the islands are an inherent territory of the country.
