This book by Japanese historian Ryuji Hattori is all the more interesting due to his deep knowledge of the key players and essential declassified documents.
Tokyo hopes that, through direct talks with Beijing, it can encourage restraint on the Taiwan situation and China's provocative behavior around the Senkakus.
As far as Japan is concerned, there is no territorial dispute over the Senkakus. Any claims to the islands by other countries can only be described...