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P. S. Suryanarayana
SINGAPORE: Japan on Wednesday announced its intention of granting "concessions" or rights to some of its firms to carry out test-drilling for oil and natural gas in the disputed waters of the East China Sea. The move, which may put Japan on a course of collision with China in the present atmosphere of heightened tensions between the two countries over a Japanese history textbook, was announced by the Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, in Tokyo. A Chinese consortium, under the auspices of the state-run China National Offshore Oil Corporation, is at present operating in an area close to the maritime zone that Japan has earmarked for private sector firms.
Maritime dispute
The dispute pertains to the magnitude of the economic zones of the two countries in relation to the "median line" across the relevant part of the East China Sea. Raising the stakes over East China Sea, Mr. Koizumi told journalists in Tokyo today that Japan "will carry forward the procedures as planned" in regard to the granting of "concessions" for test-drilling in the disputed waters. He denied suggestions that the move was meant to counter the latest anti-Japan protests across China. Japanese officials indicated that talks would be sought with China on the nature and scope of presence of its companies in the stretch of the sea. On a related plane, Japan announced that its Foreign Minister, Nobutaka Machimura, would visit Beijing on April 17 and 18 for talks, which had been scheduled prior to the latest downturn in relations.
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