SENKAKU

Japan controlled the Senkaku Islands until after World War Two. At that time, they came under temporary control of the United States.

日本直到二战后才控制尖阁群岛，当时，该群岛被美国暂时控制。

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Both are expected to enter service in coming years, raising the prospect that Japan's defences-over the disputed Senkaku or Diaoyu islands, for example-will be outclassed.

二者都有望在几年后服役，这可能会让日本的防卫——比如对有争议的尖阁诸岛（Senkaku Islands，中国称钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿）的防卫——处于极大的劣势。

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The two had basically agreed jointly to develop gas reserves around that line but not in areas closer to the Japanese coast, including the disputed Senkaku/ Diaoyu islands.

两国已经基本达成一致，同意围绕那条边界线开发天然气储备，而不开采接近日本海岸的区域，包括有争端的钓鱼岛。

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In Japan, the islands are known as the Senkaku.

在日本，这些岛被称为尖阁群岛。

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China sent two maritime surveillance vessels close to the Japanese-controlled disputed Senkaku islands yesterday, writes Kathrin Hille.

中国昨天派遣两艘海监船驶近日本控制、但存在争议的尖阁诸岛（Senkaku Islands，中国称“钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿”）。

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Chinese media meanwhile kept up calls for solidarity over the Senkaku.

与此同时，中国媒体继续呼吁在钓鱼岛问题上同仇敌忾。

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Here, for example, is a spiky outcropping on Minamiko Island that Japanese officials believe was the inspiration behind the name Senkaku, which means "pointed" in Japanese:

例如，下面这张图是南小岛（Minamiko Island）露出水面的尖顶，日本官员认为这个该岛是“尖阁列岛”名字背后的灵感来源。

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The only outstanding issue is Senkaku Shoto, a small and uninhabited island.

悬案是一个钓鱼岛，那是一个很小的地方，上面没有人烟。

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China holds claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku islands in the East China Sea, known in Chinese as the Diaoyu.

中国声称拥有东中国海（East China Sea，中国称东海）钓鱼岛主权。该岛为日本所控，在日本叫尖阁列岛（Senkaku）。

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The announcement of the new air zone could aggravate the already tense dispute with Japan over the islands in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China.

划设防空识别区可能加剧中日之间围绕东海这个群岛本已十分紧张的争端。该群岛在日本被称为尖阁诸岛（Senkaku），在中国被称为钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿。

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China reacted with outrage, and sent two patrol vessels to waters near what the Japanese call the Senkaku Islands, and the Chinese call the Diaoyu.

中国愤怒还击，派出了两艘海监船前往钓鱼岛附近水域（日本称尖阁诸岛）。

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The activists' island adventure on one of the disputed islets, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, lasted less than half an hour before they were arrested by Japanese police.

香港活动人士在其中一个岛屿上的“探险活动”仅持续了不到半小时，他们就被日本警方逮捕了。上述争议岛屿日本称为“尖阁列岛”（Senkaku），中国称为“钓鱼岛”。

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Renewed anti-Japanese sentiment boiled over the weekend after a group of Japanese activists successfully landed on the disputed Senkaku islands in the East China Sea.

在周末爆发新的反日情绪之前，一群日本活动人士成功登陆了东中国海一片存在主权争议的岛屿。

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In 1900, Japan changed the name of Diaoyu Dao to" Senkaku Islands".

1900年，日本将钓鱼岛改名为尖阁列岛。

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And many observers say an effort to open up the Senkaku group could be diplomatically disastrous.

同时很多观察人士表示，从外交层面来说，开放尖阁诸岛的努力可能是灾难性的。

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As heightened tension became a feature of 2010, Japan was taken aback by what it felt was aggressive Chinese action over islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.

紧张局势升级成为了2010年的一个特征，中国对日本称尖阁列岛（senkaku）中国称钓鱼岛的争议岛屿采取的攻击性举动令日本十分惊讶。

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The islands are referred to as Diaoyu in Chinese and Senkaku in Japanese.

这些岛屿的中文名称是钓鱼岛，日本称之为尖阁列岛。

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Japan's coast guard plucked a stranded Chinese balloonist out of the sea near the disputed Senkaku Islands on New Year's day after the man tried and failed to land on one of the islands.

日本海上保安厅元旦在有争议的尖阁诸岛（Senkaku Islands，中国称这些岛屿为钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿）附近海域救起了一名落水的中国热气球驾驶者。此人曾试图降落到其中的一个岛屿，但没有成功。

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Beijing and Tokyo have clashed repeatedly in recent months over the Senkaku islands-which China calls the Diaoyu-in the East China Sea which Japan has administered since 1895.

在日本从1895年起管辖的东海尖阁诸岛（Senkaku islands）——中国称为“钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿”——问题上，中日两国在近几个月里多次发生争执。

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Similarly, America says it is neutral in the sovereignty dispute between Japan and China over the Senkaku or Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea.

美国也表示对于日中之间的钓鱼岛或者尖阁列岛争端持中立态度。

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