 the senkaku islands and why they could be an international issue   ldquo on november 23 china declared a new lsquo air defense identification zone rsquo that extends to the north close to south korea to the south within miles of taiwan and to the east to encompass the senkaku islands a short chain of uninhabitable islands off southern japan that the japanese have claimed ownership of since 1895 rdquo  to read about all of the potential ramifications of this territorial claim by china and how it may impact the world click on the following link  http spectatororg articles 56914 comingoilwars 19  the senkaku islands and why they could international issue  