Taiwan/ Japan

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(1) Minnie Chan, Tokyo, Taipei agree on fishing rights near Diaoyu islands, irking Beijing. South China Morning Post, Apr 11, 2013 (available now; 2 hours ago).
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/a ... n-fishing-agreement

Note:
(a) Minnie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie
(b) Kuen-chen FU  傅 崐成, SJD (Doctor of Juridical Science; from University of Virginia), Director, Center for Oceans Law and Policy, as well as
KoGuan Chair Professor 凯原特聘教授 of Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University KoGuan Law School  凯原法学院
(c) Yaeyama Islands  八重山諸島
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5 ... 1%E8%AB%B8%E5%B3%B6
(i) The map in Japanese Wiki shows the islands are to the east of Taiwan, whereas Senkaku Islands, to the northeast of Taiwan.
(ii) Section 1 概要, paragraph 2 states that it is likely that "ya-e"--pronunciation for 八重--came from 爺馬 (old name for the island, pronounced "ya-ma").

(2) 日台谈判成功钓岛海域台渔船可捕鱼. BBC CHinese, Apr 10, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... taiwan_diaoyu.shtml
("去年11月在日本出版的共同社客席论说委员冈去年11月在日本出版的共同社客席论说委员冈田充就在他的书《尖阁诸岛问题-领土民族主义的魔力》中提出“尖阁诸岛真的是日本的吗？”，他引述外务省官员对他说明钓鱼岛问题不让步的原因是中国会得寸进尺、继而争夺冲绳 冈田 充 Takashi OKADA 就在他的书《尖阁诸岛问题-领土民族主义的魔力》中提出'尖阁诸岛真的是日本的吗？，' 他引述外务省官员对他说明钓鱼岛问题不让步的原因是中国会得寸进尺、继而争夺冲绳")

My comment: There is no need to read the rest of the BBC report.

(3) US warned government against buying Senkaku Islands: Campbell. Kyodo News, Apr 10, 2013.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news ... u-islands-campbell/