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Know more about Japan's disputed islands, Senkaku

New Delhi: Senkaku Islands are a group of uninhabited islands controlled by Japan in the East China Sea. Records of these islands date back to as early as the 15th century.They are known as Diaoyu

But thses Islands came under US government occupation in 1945 after the surrender of Japan ended World War II.

In 1971, the Okinawa Reversion Treaty passed the U.S. Senate, returning the islands to Japanese control in 1972, with this transfer of ownership to Japan again, the Taiwanese and Chinese governments officially began to declare ownership of the islands.

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