Japan has approved a plan to change the name of the area covering the Tokyo-controlled Senkaku Islands — known by Taiwan and China as the Diaoyus — from “Tonoshiro” to “Tonoshiro Senkaku”.
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Location: The Senkaku Islands are a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. They are located east of Mainland China, northeast of Taiwan, west of Okinawa Island, and north of the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands.
Names: They are also known as the Diaoyu Islands in Mainland China, the Diaoyutai Islands in Taiwan and the Pinnacle Islands by other observers.
Dispute: The islands are the focus of a territorial dispute between Japan and China and between Japan and Taiwan.
Administration: Japan administers and controls the Senkaku islands as part of the city of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture.
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