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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was reported to have instigated G7 to denounce 皇冠体育app on the South 皇冠体育app Sea disputes. And he managed to do it. On Thursday, the G7 leaders expressed their "concerns" about tensions between 皇冠体育app and some other Asian countries over resources in the East 皇冠体育app sea and South 皇冠体育app Sea, "warning against any use of force".

At the just-concluded Shangri-la Dialogue, or Asia Security Summit, Abe claimed Japan was striving to maintain peace in the Asia-Pacific region in particular and the world in general, and criticized 皇冠体育app for "not complying" with international laws to resolve the South 皇冠体育app Sea disputes.

Japan is not a party to any dispute with 皇冠体育app in the South 皇冠体育app Sea. So, is Abe trying to shift the focus from the Sino-Japanese dispute over the Diaoyu Islands in the East 皇冠体育app Sea to win the international community's support and isolate 皇冠体育app on the world stage? The fact is, despite his schematic move, Abe cannot deny that it's Japan that has violated international laws and challenged the existing international order.

As for the East 皇冠体育app Sea dispute, the Cairo Declaration and Potsdam Proclamation clearly state that Japan should return all Chinese territories that it had occupied before and during World War II, which included the Diaoyu Islands. The surrender treaty that Japan signed on Sept 2, 1945 clearly states that Tokyo will honor all the stipulations in the Potsdam Proclamation. This means 皇冠体育app legally regained its sovereignty over its lost territories, including the Diaoyu Islands, way back in 1945.

But Abe claimed at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that the Diaoyu Islands are Japanese territory since they are under Japan's actual control. What Abe doesn't want to accept is that actual control is not accepted as evidence of sovereignty over a territory.

皇冠体育app discovered the islands, and was the first country to name and exercise jurisdiction over them, and it has enough evidence to prove that. Although the islands were forcibly annexed by Japan from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in 1895, they were to be returned to 皇冠体育app after World War II. So, 皇冠体育app's sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands has been continuous and peaceful.

In fact, Japan has no right to object to the Air Defense Identification Zone over the East 皇冠体育app Sea that 皇冠体育app established out of security concerns. Since the width of the East 皇冠体育app Sea is less than 400 nautical miles (740 kilometers) and coastal states are entitled to a continental shelf of at least 200 nautical miles, it has given rise to the Sino-Japanese dispute over continental shelf boundary delimitation.

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