About Sino-Japan conflict

【明報專訊】Japan is in dispute with China not only over the Diaoyus (釣魚島), which the Japanese the Senkaku Islands, but also over an oil field in East China Sea (東海). Shigeki Sakamoto, a law professor of Kobe University, told Reuters that was a conflict over energy resources. "The islands themselves are actually not so important. The heart of the issue lies in the natural resources in the nearby waters," said he.