Government hands keys to Senkaku Islands to Japan Coast Guard - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

Government hands keys to Senkaku Islands to Japan Coast Guard After the central government purchased three islands of the disputed Senkaku Islands from a private owner, it turned over actual ownership to the Japan Coast Guard, coast guard officials said. The government said since the Japan Coast Guard owns and manages a lighthouse on Uotsurishima, the largest island of the three, it will assume ow