In the last survey released in 1987, geographers counted islands with a coastline of 100 meters or longer on paper maps, according to the Japan Coast Guard, the author of the survey. The previous ...

Aman Vir created an interactive map of his favorite obscure islands. Some you may well have heard of, such as Midway, for ...

"Japan calls these islands inherent territory ... He also found that since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Chinese maps and documents have consistently included Diaoyu Dao, Huangwei Yu and Chiwei ...

The Japanese government formally obtains control of the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands. Japan asserts the islands were not owned by anyone prior to their occupation while China maintains it has ...