The Senkaku Islands: What You Should Know (Robert D. Eldridge) | Japan Station 143

On this episode of Japan Station, we talk about the Senkaku Islands with Dr. Robert D. Eldridge.

• What and where are the Senkaku Islands? (尖閣諸島, senkaku shotō)
• About the history of the Senkaku Islands
• About Koga Tatsushirō
• Why people stopped living on the Senkaku Islands
• How and why it was that the Senkaku Islands came to be disputed
• The role of President Nixon and Henry Kissinger in the history of the Senkaku Islands
• Why U.S. Armed Forces should restart firing ranges on the Senkaku Islands
• And more!

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Dr. Robert D. Eldridge previous appearances:

• The Weak Yen & Rural Japan: Why They Matter | Japan Station 132: https://japankyo.com/2024/08/the-weak-yen-rural-japan-why-they-matter-japan-station-132/
• The Past & Future of Earthquakes & Disasters in Japan (Robert D. Eldridge) | Japan Station 138: https://japankyo.com/2024/11/the-past-future-of-earthquakes-disasters-in-japan-robert-d-eldridge-japan-station-138/

Here's a link to Dr. Eldridge's book about the Senkaku Islands.

• The Origins of U.S. Policy in the East China Sea Islands Dispute: Okinawa's Reversion and the Senkaku Islands (Routledge Security in Asia Series): https://www.amazon.com/Origins-Policy-China-Islands-Dispute/dp/0415629268

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• A restart of Senkaku firing ranges is long overdue: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/12/10/japan/senkaku-firing-range/

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