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Japan Sees Chinese Groups Backing Okinawa Independence Activists

Bloomberg 9 hours ago 
Chinese universities and think tanks are forming ties with Okinawan independence groups in a bid to divide public opinion in Japan, a Japanese government agency said in an annual report. There was no immediate response to a request for comment from China’s foreign ministry. Asia’s two largest economies are in dispute over the ownership of a group of uninhabited islets near Taiwan, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Official media in China have also suggested that Beijing should refuse to accept Japanese sovereignty over the main islands of Okinawa, which maintained ties with both countries prior to annexation by Japan in the 19th century. Tensions between Okinawa and mainland Japan ...
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