Taiwan Says No to Japan to Redraw AIDZ

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Hsieh Chia-chen and Sofia Wu, Japan's plan to redraw its air defense zone
unacceptable: MOFA. Central News Agency, May 29, 2010.
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201005290016&Type=aIPL

Quote:

"Yonaguni, Japan's westernmost territory, lies 108 km from Taiwan's east
coast. At present, the western two-thirds of the island falls within Taiwan'
s ADIZ.

"The MOFA said the current Taiwan-Japan ADIZ demarcation line was drawn
during the U.S. military occupation of the Okinawa Islands after World War
II.

"The U.S. demarcation line left the area east of 123 degrees longitude to
Japan and the area west of the line to Taiwan. The demarcation line remains
valid today, the MOFA added.

My comment:
(a) AIDZ stands for Air Defense Identification Zone, which differs from
airspace (12 nautical miles from the shore) and flight Information region (
FIR).
(b) Yonaguni-jima 与那国島 is the westernmost island of Japan. 西崎 Irizaki
is the western tip of Yonaguni island and the westernmost point in Japan,
located at 24°26′58″N 122°56′01″E.
(c) The 123 degree E indeed passes through the island. US military made the
demarcation after World War II; when US returned Okinawa to Japan in 1972,
it (US) left AIDZ that way.
(d) I do not know the exact function of AIDZ. But for Taiwan to have AIDZ
over Yonaguni does not seem reasonable to me.

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