Tokyo's islets landing request rejected
Updated: 2012-08-27 17:05
(Xinhua)
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Members of a Japanese activist group raise Japanese flags as they land on the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea in this file photograph Aug 19, 2012. The Japanese government on Aug 27, 2012 refused to let Tokyo metropolitan authorities land on islands. [Photo/Agencies] |
TOKYO - The Japanese central government rejected Tokyo metropolitan government's application of landing on Diaoyu Islands for alledged survey on Monday, local media reported.
Japanese central government does not allow any citizen landing on Diaoyu Islands for security reasons, local media said.
The central government accepted the Tokyo metropolitan government's request last Tuesday. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura is going to have a news conference on Monday afternoon to explain the detail.
The metropolitan government had planned to conduct a survey on the islands.
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