Policy

Japanese to Buy Disputed South China Sea Islands

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has called the planned purchase "illegal and invalid"

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Japan's government has agreed to buy a group of East China Sea islands at the center of a heated territorial dispute with China.

Japanese media reported Wednesday that the central government will pay private Japanese landowners $26 million for the three main islands in the chain, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.