Japan's development plan for tiny Okinotori rocks angers China
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Japan is allocating $7 million dollars towards building a port on a tiny outcrop of rocks called Okinotori, almost two thousand kilometres south of Tokyo. Okinotori is so tiny, there's debate over whether it can be legally called an island. At high tide, all three of its rocks are barely visible above the water, but if Japan conducts economic activity there, it can expand it's Exclusive Economic Zone by hundreds of kilometres out into the ocean. However, Japan's big plans for these small rocks isn't sitting well with China.
Presenter: Paul Allen
Speaker: Eugene Matthews, President of Nintai group
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