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China gas facility in East China Sea

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a plane chartered by Kyodo News shows a Chinese natural gas drilling facility, apparently not in operation, in a gas field, known as Shirakaba in Japan and Chunxiao in China, near the Japan-claimed median line in the East China Sea on July 5, 2013.

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China's natural gas extraction in East China Sea

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 9, 2012, from a plane chartered by Kyodo News shows a natural gas extraction facility in a gas field known as Shirakaba in Japan and Chunxiao in China, near what Tokyo claims to be the median line between the overlapping exclusive economic zones of Japan and China in the East China Sea. On Jan. 31, Japan protested against China possibly drilling for natural gas in the East China Sea, arguing that the move violates their agreement to jointly develop gas resources in the disputed area.

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China's natural gas extraction in East China Sea

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 9, 2012, from a plane chartered by Kyodo News shows a natural gas field known as Shirakaba in Japan and Chunxiao in China, near what Tokyo claims to be the median line between the overlapping exclusive economic zones of Japan and China in the East China Sea. On Jan. 31, Japan protested against China possibly drilling for natural gas in the East China Sea, arguing that the move violates their agreement to jointly develop gas resources in the disputed area.

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Gas field in East China Sea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 2005 from a Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol aircraft shows a natural gas field in the East China Sea, known as Shirakaba in Japan and Chunxiao in China, where the Japanese and Chinese governments plan a joint gas development project.

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Maizuru WWII repatriation museum reopens after renewal

A man looks at the "Shirakaba Nisshi (white birch diary)" exhibited at the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum in Maizuru, western Japan, on Sept. 28, 2015, when it reopened after renovation on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the start of repatriation of Japanese nationals from overseas after Japan's defeat in World War II. The diary, written on white birch tree bark, reveals the harsh environment faced by Japanese nationals under postwar internment in Siberia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's natural gas extraction in East China Sea

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 9, 2012, from a plane chartered by Kyodo News shows a natural gas extraction facility in a gas field known as Shirakaba in Japan and Chunxiao in China, near what Tokyo claims to be the median line between the overlapping exclusive economic zones of Japan and China in the East China Sea. On Jan. 31, Japan protested against China possibly drilling for natural gas in the East China Sea, arguing that the move violates their agreement to jointly develop gas resources in the disputed area. (Kyodo)

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China's natural gas extraction in East China Sea

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 9, 2012, from a plane chartered by Kyodo News shows a natural gas field known as Shirakaba in Japan and Chunxiao in China, near what Tokyo claims to be the median line between the overlapping exclusive economic zones of Japan and China in the East China Sea. On Jan. 31, Japan protested against China possibly drilling for natural gas in the East China Sea, arguing that the move violates their agreement to jointly develop gas resources in the disputed area. (Kyodo)

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Gas field in East China Sea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 2005 from a Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol aircraft shows a natural gas field in the East China Sea, known as Shirakaba in Japan and Chunxiao in China, where the Japanese and Chinese governments plan a joint gas development project. (Kyodo)