In the late 1960s, after a United Nations committee announced that there might be a large amount of oil and gas around the island, Japan immediately took unilateral action. First, several oil companies went to explore, and then the patrol boat left. Unauthorized destruction of the signs indicating that these islands belong to China, replacement of the original signs indicating that these islands belong to the original genus, indicating that these islands belong to the original genus, and naming the eight islands on the Diaoyu Islands as Japanese names.
197 1 year, when the United States and Japan signed an agreement to return Okinawa, they gave it to each other privately, and Diaoyu Island was included in the scope of return. This transaction was strongly protested by the government of China. In the negotiations on the resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Japan in 1972, the two sides, proceeding from the overall situation of Sino-Japanese friendship, agreed to temporarily shelve the issue of the ownership of the Diaoyu Islands until the future conditions are ripe. However, in 1978, when China and Japan negotiated and signed the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Friendship, a Japanese parliamentarian hostile to China asked China to recognize Japan's sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands. In response to the request of the Rightists, the Japanese government sent patrol boats and planes to monitor China fishermen operating on Diaoyu Island. In May of the following year, the Japanese government used patrol boats to transport personnel and equipment to the Diaoyu Islands and built a heliport there.
Since the 1990s, with the changes in the world situation and the balance of power among countries, Japan has once again extended its hand to the Diaoyu Islands. 1990 10 A rightist in Japan, with the consent of the government, built a lighthouse on an island on the Diaoyu Islands in an attempt to put the lighthouse on the chart and let the international community recognize the Diaoyu Islands as Japanese territory. On August 18, Japanese right-wingers erected a wooden sign painted with "Sun Flag" on Diaoyu Island. It is worth noting that the activities of Japanese right-wingers on the Diaoyu Islands have been connived and supported by the Japanese government, and the government officials have cooperated with it, saying that the Diaoyu Islands are Japanese territory and the Japan Coast Guard is ready to use force to eliminate "interference" at any time.