We discussed an article of Senkaku problem. Japan and Taiwan have signed a deal allowing Taiwan to fish near Senkaku islands. China and Taiwan both claim sovereignty of the islands. The islands has rich maritime resources.
Then China anger at the deal. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary said that the islands were inherently Japanese territory and the deal had no relation to the territorial dispute. Many analysts believe that Japan tried to prevent Taiwan and China from claiming sovereignty the islands together by the deal.
In my opinion, Japan should admit an existence of the problem about Senkaku islands so as to resolve it. Although the islands are controlled by Japan and Japanese territory, China and Taiwan have tried to interfere with Japanese sovereignty of them. So it seems to be difficult for Japan to keep Senkaku islands controlled by Japan without troubles. Now, China is big country and has effects on many countries. So it is bad for Japan to be in a bad relationship with China from various points of view. I admit that there is a possibility that China will not allow the sovereignty of them. Nevertheless, I think admitting an existence of the territorial problem is better than denying it for the solution. That kind of decision will become the first step toward the solution.