Japan ruling party mulls international arbitration over China sea row
Date
3/16/2016 8:28:20 AM
(MENAFN- Asia Times) Chinese gas drilling rig at the Tianwaitian field near Japan and China’s disputed East China Sea border
Sino-Japanese ties have long been plagued by conflicting claims over a group of uninhabited East China Sea islets. Last year Japan called on China to halt construction of oil-and-gas exploration platforms in the East China Sea.
At the time Tokyo accused Beijing of unilateral development despite a 2008 agreement to maintain cooperation on resources development in the area where no official border between them has been drawn.
China said then it had every right to drill in the East China Sea close to waters it disputes with Japan. Read More
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