The boat sailed from Hong Kong
with a group of chinese activists on board
Japan arrests pro-China activist swimmers in island row
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Las islas en el archipiélago de las Senkaku son disputadas por ambos países
El primer ministro nipón, Yoshihiko Noda, indicó tras los arrestos que Tokio actuará con los detenidos severamente y de acuerdo a la ley
japonesa
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Manifestantes sostienen pancartas contra Japón fuera del Consulado General de Japón en Hong Kong el miércoles, 15 de agosto
2012
Japón arresta a 14 activistas chinos por desembarcar en islas disputadas
El primer ministro nipón, Yoshihiko Noda, indicó tras los arrestos que Tokio actuará con los detenidos severamente.
TOKIO, JAPÓN (15/AGO/2012).- Las autoridades de Japón han detenido a 14 activistas chinos que desembarcaron en el disputado archipiélago de las Senkaku, en
el Mar de China Oriental, para reclamar su soberanía, informó la agencia local Kyodo.
El primer ministro nipón, Yoshihiko Noda, indicó tras los arrestos que Tokio actuará con los detenidos "severamente" y "de acuerdo a la ley"
japonesa.
El desembarco de los activistas, detenidos por violar la ley de inmigración nipona, provocó además que el Gobierno japonés convocara en el Ministerio de
Asuntos Exteriores al embajador chino en Tokio, al que transmitió una protesta formal.
Los activistas partieron del puerto de Hong Kong el pasado domingo en un pesquero que entró hoy en aguas japonesas poco antes de las 16:00 horas (07:00 GMT)
pese a las advertencias en contra de los guardacostas nipones, detalló Kyodo.
Un primer grupo de arrestados, formado por cinco personas, tomó tierra en una de las islas del archipiélago, la de Uotsuri, lo que llevó a su detención por
parte de la policía nipona.
Las autoridades japonesas arrestaron horas después a otras nueve personas, entre ellas un periodista de televisión, que también desembarcaron en los
islotes.
La policía nipona explicó que transferirá de momento a los detenidos a un puerto en la provincia de Okinawa, la región japonesa que administra estos
islotes.
Antes de conocerse el arresto, el portavoz del Gobierno japonés, Osamu Fujimura, había indicado que el Ejecutivo vigilaba de cerca los movimientos del barco
y abordaría la cuestión con autoridades de China y Hong Kong por la vía diplomática.
Según Kyodo, uno de estos activistas había indicado al Comité de Acción para la Defensa de las Islas Diaoyu (como se conoce al archipiélago en China), con
sede en Hong Kong, que el pesquero era seguido por nueve patrulleros de la Guardia Costera nipona.
La misma fuente señaló que uno de los barcos japoneses había disparado cañones de agua contra el pesquero, mientras otra patrullera se había aproximado con
la aparente intención de abordarlo.
La protesta coincidió con el 67 aniversario de la rendición de Japón en la II Guerra Mundial, que marcó el fin de la contienda y también de la ocupación
colonial nipona en la región.
El diminuto archipiélago de las Senkaku, que está deshabitado, es reclamado por Japón, China y Taiwán (que lo conoce como islas Tiaoyutai), ya que se cree
que cuenta con ricos recursos marinos y yacimientos de gas y petróleo.
El conflicto territorial en torno a estas islas ha sido un constante foco de tensión en las relaciones entre Japón y China, que en 2010 atravesaron una seria
crisis a raíz de la detención del capitán de un pesquero chino que faenaba en esa zona.
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28 de mayo 2012 - Qu Lin, de 45 años, pesca en Qingdao, China. Los recursos pesqueros marinos están desapareciendo en China debido a la
pesca excesiva y la contaminación de los océanos. Muchos pescadores chinos tienen que renunciar a sus caladeros tradicionales de subsistencia. Algunos de ellos tienen que navegar hasta la
frontera marítima en disputa o cruzar la frontera, causando conflictos con países vecinos como las dos Coreas, Japón, Vietnam y Filipinas.
May 28, 2012 - Qu Lin, 45, fishes in Qingdao, China. Marine fishery resources in China are disappearing because of excessive fishing and ocean pollution. Many Chinese fishermen have to give up
their patrimonial livelihoods. Some of them have to sail to the disputed sea border or cross the boundary, causing disputes with neighboring countries such as South Korea, North Korea, Japan,
Vietnam and the Philippines.
Japan-China disputed islands
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The archipelago consists of five islands and three reefs
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Japan, China and Taiwan claim them; they are controlled by Japan and form part of Okinawa prefecture
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Japanese businessman Kunioki Kurihara owns three of the islands, which he rents out to the Japanese state
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The islands were the focus of a major diplomatic row between Japan and China in 2010
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Japan-S Korea disputed islands
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Known as Dokdo (Solitary islands) in Korea, Takeshima (Bamboo islands) in Japan
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Also known as Liancourt rocks
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Claimed by Japan and South Korea, but occupied by South Korea since 1954
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Just 230,000 sq m in size, with no fresh water
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But surrounding waters valuable for their fishing
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11 de mayo 2012 - Protesta de filipinos frente al consulado chino en Los Ángeles, parte de la protesta mundial debida a una creciente disputa
territorial en el Mar de China Meridional. La cuestión se centra en Scarborough Shoal, un pequeño afloramiento rocoso a unas 140 millas de la isla filipina de Luzón. Filipinas dice que es parte
de su territorio, ya que cae dentro de su zona económica exclusiva. China, sin embargo, reclama prácticamente todo el Mar de China Meridional, que se cree se ubica encima de enormes reservas de
petróleo y gas, alegando que es su territorio histórico, incluso aguas cercanas a las costas de otros países asiáticos. Los editoriales de los periódicos controlados por el gobernante Partido
Comunista han advertido repetidamente de que China está dispuesta a ir a la guerra contra las Filipinas para poner fin a la disputa.
May 11, 2012 - Filipinos protest in front of the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles as part of a global protest over an escalating territorial row in the South China Sea. The issue centers on
Scarborough Shoal, a tiny rocky outcrop about 140 miles from the Philippines’ main island of Luzon. The Philippines says is part of its territory because it falls within its exclusive economic
zone. China, however, claims virtually all of the South China Sea, which is believed to sit atop huge oil and gas reserves, as its historical territory, even waters close to the coasts of other
Asian countries. Editorials in newspapers controlled by the ruling Communist Party have repeatedly warned that China is prepared to go to war against the Philippines to end the standoff.
Pescadores filipinos navegar entre las Fuerzas Filipinas y Marines de EE.UU. que realizan ejercicios militares conjuntos en la bahía de Ulugan, frente al Mar
de China Meridional, en Puerto Princesa, en la isla de Palawan, al sur de Manila. Filipinas dijo que los "juegos de guerra" con los Estados Unidos, que acabaron el 27 de abril, habían mostrado su
voluntad de defenderse de las agresiones externas en medio de una creciente disputa territorial con China
Philippine fishermen sail past Philippine forces and U.S. Marines conducting joint military exercises along Ulugan Bay, facing the South China Sea, in Puerto Princesa, on Palawan island,
south of Manila. The Philippines said war games with the United States, which ended April 27, had showcased its resolve to fend off external aggressors amid an escalating territorial dispute with
China
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11/3/2012 - Filipino protesters stage an anti-China rally outside the Chinese Embassy in Makati City in Manila
10 de mayo 2012 - filipinos a bordo de sus botes de madera a motor en las islas periféricas frente el Mar Meridional de China arriban al mercado de Masinloc,
en la provincia Zambales, al norte de Manila, para comprar alimentos. Masinloc está a unos 140 kilómetros del banco marino Scarborough Shoal. Los pescadores de este poblado costero de Filipinas
han estado haciendo el viaje al banco marino durante dos décadas, un viaje que puede durar de 8 a 14 horas dependiendo de las condiciones de navegación.
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May 10, 2012 - Residents aboard their motorized wooden boats and living in outlying islands facing the South China Sea arrive at the market of Masinloc, in Zambales province, north of Manila, to
buy food supplies. Masinloc is about 140 miles from Scarborough Shoal. Fishermen from this Philippine coastal town have been making the journey to the shoal for two decades, a trip that can take
eight to 14 hours depending on sailing conditions.
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May 21, 2012 - The departure of China National Offshore Oil Corp.'s first independent deep-water oil drilling rig, from the port of Qingdao, in east China's Shandong province. China's first
homegrown deep-water drilling rig will be located in the South China Sea, about 200 miles southeast of Hong Kong. China, which needs oil imports to fuel its surging economy, claims full
sovereignty on the sea, which has huge oil and gas reserves, often leading to diplomatic rows with its neighbors.
21 de mayo 2012 - Partida de la primera plataforma de perforación petrolera de aguas profundas de la China National Offshore Oil Corp. 's , desde el puerto
de Qingdao, en Shandong. La primera plataforma de perforación petrolera de aguas profundas construída en Chinaco explorará el Mar Meridional de China, a unos 200 kilómetros al sureste
de Hong Kong. China, que necesita las importaciones de petróleo para alimentar su economía creciente, reclama plena soberanía sobre el mar, que tendría enormes reservas de petróleo y gas, lo que
a menudo conduce a roces diplomáticos con sus vecinos.
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June 1, 2012 . Philippines banana grower Renante Flores shows off the fruit he can no longer sell to China. He is a victim of sudden
Chinese restrictions on banana imports from the Philippines that China says have been imposed for health reasons but which growers believe are retaliation for the dispute around Scarborough
Shoal.
01 de junio 2012 - Renante Flores productor de banano filipino muestra la fruta que ya no pueden vender a China. Él es una víctima de repentinas
restricciones chinas a las importaciones de banano de Filipinas que China dice haber impuesto por razones sanitarias. Los productores creen que son una represalia por la disputa en torno al banco
marino Scarborough Shoal.
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April 24, 2012 - The guided missile destroyer USS Chafee, right, is seen anchored off Tien Sa port in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang. U.S. sailors from three ships of the Seventh Fleet
held a five-day "non-combatant" exchange of activities with Vietnamese sailors in the port city amid rising tensions in the South China Sea with China.
24 de abril 2012 - El destructor de misiles guiados USS Chafee, a la derecha, se ve anclado en el puerto Tien Sa, en la ciudad central vietnamita de Da Nang.
Marineros de Estados Unidos de tres barcos de la Séptima Flota realizaron por cinco días intercambio de actividades "no combatientes" con los marineros vietnamitas en la ciudad portuaria en
medio de crecientes tensiones en el Mar Meridional de China con la Republica Popular China.
Japan arrests pro-China activist swimmers in island row
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Japanese police have arrested 14 pro-China activists who landed on disputed islands, reports say.
15 August 2012 - The group had sailed from Hong Kong to the islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, followed by Japanese coastguard vessels.
China called for the activists' immediate and unconditional release.
Japan is also embroiled in a dispute with South Korea about another island group, as well as a high-level visit to the controversial Yasukuni shrine.
The various rows erupted as Japan marked the anniversary of its surrender at the end of World War II and South Korea its independence from Japanese colonial rule.
The group of pro-China activists set sail on Sunday.
Japanese coastguard vessels surrounded the boat as it approached, but seven of the activists jumped overboard and swam to one of the islands, local media report.
Officials told the BBC that two activists returned to the boat, while the other five were arrested on land.
Later, the coastguard said the two activists who returned and seven more who had remained on the boat had been arrested for "alleged illegal entry".
It is the first time non-Japanese nationals have landed on the disputed islands since 2004.
A spokesman for the group said they wanted the world to know "that this is - way back in history - the territory of China".
"The Japanese have no right to stop us," David Ko told the Associated Press from Hong Kong.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said Japan had lodged a diplomatic protest with China and in Hong Kong over the activists.
A foreign ministry spokesman had earlier warned Japan not to "endanger" the activists and said Beijing was ''paying close attention'' to the developments, Xinhua said.
Shrine visit
Tensions between China and Japan have been rumbling in recent months over the islands in the East China Sea.
Taiwan also claims the Senkaku or Diaoyu islands, which are controlled by Japan and form part of Okinawa prefecture.
Largely uninhabited, they are close to strategically important shipping lanes, offer rich fishing grounds and are thought to contain oil deposits.
In September 2010, relations between China and Japan plummeted after the arrest of a Chinese trawler captain near the islands. The captain was accused of ramming two Japanese patrol vessels in
the area, but Japan eventually dropped the charges against him.
In April a fresh row ensued after Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara said he would use public money to buy the islands from the current private owner.
Meanwhile, a group of South Koreans finished a relay swim early on Wednesday to another group of islands claimed by Japan.
It followed the first-ever visit of a South Korean president to the islands - called Dokdo by South Korea and Takeshima in Japan - on Friday.
President Lee Myung-bak's visit has infuriated Japan, which recalled its ambassador to South Korea. Mr Lee, meanwhile, on Wednesday hit out at Japan for failing to heal historical wounds.
And in Japan, ministers Jin Matsubara and Yuichiro Hata paid what they said were private visits to the Yasukuni Shrine to mark the end of WW II, despite Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda urging
members of his cabinet not to do so.
The shrine is dedicated to Japan's war dead, including war criminals, and is viewed by many of the country's neighbours as a reminder of Japan's military past.
Both China and South Korea have protested against the visit
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April 25, 2012 - U.S. and Filipino troops take part in a joint mock beachfront assault on the shore of Ulugan Bay on Palawan island. The soldiers stormed the South China Sea island in war games
that took place not far from a real-life maritime standoff between Manila and Beijing.
