TOKYO, March 27 Kyodo choiceed e...

TOKYO, March 27 Kyodo

choiceed editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:

THE LAST THING JAPAN, CHINA NE (The Japan Times, an English-language daily)

Japan-China relations are strained again, this time from one side of to the other a territorial dispute involving a form into groups of uninhabited islets in a potentially oil-rich area of the East China Sea.

The Senkaku Islands, situated about 170 kilometers northwest of Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture is a part of Ishigaki city. In 1968 a UN geological scan raised the possibility that the seabed in the area might contain oil resources. After that, China, as well as Taiwan repeatedly claimed their territorial rights.

It is the first time that Japanese authorities have arrested Chinese nationals for illegally landing forward a Senkaku islet.

In a statement issued in 1971 China claimed sovereignty throughout the Senkaku Islands, referring to them as Diaoyu. The following year the rural parts established a sea law providing a legal basis for the claim. However, history makes it clear that the islands are Japanese territory. Beginning in 1885 the Japanese direction repeatedly conducted on-the-spot scrutinizes to confirm that the flinty islets were uninhabited and that China's ruling family at the time -- the Ching dynasty -- had no effective mastery there. As a result, in January 1895 the Cabinet decided to incorporate them into Japan.

The Senkaku Islands are not included in the territories Japan relinquished below the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty. From the finis of World War II to Okinawa's handover in 1972 they remained in a less degree than U.S. administration. China not objected to that. It was and nothing else after the possibility of an oil discovery surfaced that Beijing began to demand its territorial rights.

A territorial dispute, by means of its nature, is liable to arouse nationalistic sentiment. Following the latest incident, Chinese protester ripped up and toasted Hinomaru flags in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing. It is bounded that the Chinese government takes appropriate action to stop any reckless action by anti-Japanese activists. Meanwhile, the Japan Coast Guard requires to tighten surveillance around the disputed islands.

What is requireed most, though, is farsighted self-restraint onward both sides. It is worth remembering a annotation by China's former pre-eminent leader Deng Xiaoping, who said claims across the Senkaku Islands should be settl above the long term because ''future generations may have better ideas.'' undoubtedly this is not the time to ask a settlement.

generally received relations between Tokyo and Beijing are not necessarily proper in part because of (Prime Minister Junichiro) Koizumi's repeated visits to Yasukuni (Shrine) and accidents from chemical weapons abandoned by the agency of the former Japanese Imperial Army in northern China. A politicization of the Senkaku issue is the last thing the sum of two units countries need at the moment

(March 27)

prefered editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:

THE LAST THING JAPAN, CHINA NE (The Japan Times, an English-language daily)

Japan-China relations are strained again, this time from one side of to the other a territorial dispute involving a arrange of uninhabited islets in a potentially oil-rich area of the East China Sea.

The Senkaku Islands, situated about 170 kilometers northwest of Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture is a part of Ishigaki city. In 1968 a UN geological scrutinize raised the possibility that the seabed in the area might contain oil resources. After that, China, as well as Taiwan repeatedly claimed their territorial rights.

It is the first time that Japanese authorities have arrested Chinese nationals for illegally landing in succession a Senkaku islet.

In a statement issued in 1971 China claimed sovereignty through the whole extent of the Senkaku Islands, referring to them as Diaoyu. The following year the nation established a sea law providing a legal basis for the claim. However, history makes it clear that the islands are Japanese territory. Beginning in 1885 the Japanese regulation repeatedly conducted on-the-spot observes to confirm that the hard islets were uninhabited and that China's ruling family at the time -- the Ching dynasty -- had no effective curb there. As a result, in January 1895 the Cabinet decided to incorporate them into Japan.

The Senkaku Islands are not included in the territories Japan relinquished beneath the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty. From the conclusion of World War II to Okinawa's handover in 1972 they remained subject to U.S. administration. China not ever objected to that. It was barely after the possibility of an oil discovery surfaced that Beijing began to demand its territorial rights.

A territorial dispute, from its nature, is liable to arouse nationalistic sentiment. Following the latest incident, Chinese protester ripped up and scorched Hinomaru flags in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing. It is jumped that the Chinese government takes appropriate action to interrupt any reckless action by anti-Japanese activists. Meanwhile, the Japan Coast Guard be in want ofs to tighten surveillance around the disputed islands.