Tokyo gov't wants to buy Senkaku Islands

Tokyo gov't wants to buy Senkaku Islands

WASHINGTON, United States - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara says in a speech at a think tank forum in Washington on April 16, 2012, that the Tokyo metropolitan government is in negotiations with the owners of the disputed Senkaku Islands with the aim of buying them by the end of this year. Ishihara said the purchase is aimed at protecting Japanese territory, an apparent reference to China's claim to the Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea.

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