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But claiming that Japan is not -at present- controlling the islands is simply not correct.

Japan has three notable territorial conflicts: the Kuril islands with Russia (controlled by Russia), the Senkaku islands with China (controlled by Japan) and the Takeshima islands (controlled by Korea).

Japan inherited this control from the US, and China is perfectly allowed to dispute ownership of the islands.

In theory, China could build islands across the pacific and setup bases and missiles along the US west coast.

Some of them are natural islands that have been artificially expanded to support a military presence.

Vietnam is building two islands: West London Reef and Sand Cay, at the year of 2010.

Obviously it was a failure, and outright buying the islands was not a good solution.

It's a similar motivation for building those artificial islands in the South China Sea.

The state of Japan bought the islands to prevent promoters from exploiting them, to try to maintain the status quo with China.

As for the islands, there isn't even any military value in holding them.

I predict Japan will try to push forward and claim the disputed islands with the support of uncle Sam.

But isn't this tactic of fabricating islands to lay claim too transparent?

I quote you: "I predict Japan will try to push forward and claim the disputed islands with the support of uncle Sam." Which islands were you thinking about?

Japan"bought" the islands from private owners (funny right?).

How about Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands?