Dispute of the Diaoyu Islands between China (including Taiwan) and Japan

Comments on Kazuhiko Togo “Japan must acknowledge ‘territorial issue’ over islands”, 15/10/2010, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2010/10/14/japan-must-acknowledge-territorial-issue-over-islands/
The claims by the parties and disputes over the islands have a long history.

One of the stories is that the US the occupier after WWII, should have returned those islands, together with other territories, to China but deliberately didn't which has resulted in the disputed situation.

Nevertheless, one has to face the current situation of claims of sovereignty by different parties.

If the parties can resolve their disputes peacefully, it is good and they should be left to do so.

Risking for being condemned by all parties, I would suggest that the different parties long involved in a dispute of this nature should devise a mechanism based on a combination of the senate and representative voting systems to have an effective joint control.

That will involve the compromise by all parties. But it will bring peace and benefit to all sides.

If they can’t, the question is: what is the international means to resolve international disputes of such nature?

There should be an international court under the UN Security Council to undertake this task.

But international territorial disputes are notoriously difficult to resolve. Just consider the issue of the situation between Israel and Palestine.