Saturday, September 8, 2012

Japan News This Week 9 September 2012



Japan News.Japan to Buy Disputed East China Sea Islands: Media

New York Times

South Korea in military drill near disputed islands

BBC

Fotgazet通信・「東電の隠蔽体質は変わらない」原発作業員

Our Planet

Global help urged to avert reactor 4 pool fire

Japan Times

韩抗议美媒在独岛问题“偏向日本” 要求反驳

Caijing

Troubled Seas: Japan’s Pacific and East China Sea Domains (and Claims)

Japan Focus



Statistics

China's coastline is 30,017 km long, or slightly longer than Japan's, which is 29,020 km.

However, thanks to 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) - which has turned into a windfall for former colonial powers such as the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and Japan - China has a much smaller EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zones) than Japan.

China EEZ: 879,666 square kilometers
Japan EEZ: 4.5 million square kilomteers

China ranks 31st in the world, after the Maldives and ahead of Somalia, in EEZ area.

Japan ranks 9th, with an EEZ that is five times the size of China's.

Source: Japan Focus

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