Major Territory Disputes Around The World

The Issue With The Okino Torishima

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Japan is in the middle of a territory dispute not with another country, but with the United Nations Law of the Sea. Okino Torishima is an uninhabited chain of three man-made islands located slightly south of Japan. They each measure to be around 600 square feet and a relatively alone by themselves in that region of the forest.

Yet, it isn’t their control over the islands that are in question, it’s whether the United Nations Law of the Sea will allow the atoll to be considered as islands, giving Japan control of the waters around them. It’s a rather sneaky way of inching into the maritime territory that would otherwise be China’s that is still up for dispute.

if you thought that was sneaky wait until you see what China is doing to a Philippines territory.