Teh Grauniad wrote:Volcanic eruption creates new land off coast of Japan
If not eroded, new island 620 miles south of Tokyo could cement Japanese sovereignty in regional dispute with China
A volcanic eruption has created a new island in the sea about 620 miles south of Tokyo.
The new islet, which is about 200 metres (660 feet) in diameter, has risen just off the coast of Nishinoshima, a small, uninhabited island in the Ogasawara chain, which is also known as the Bonin Islands, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The estimated 30 islands in the chain running 620 miles (1,000km) south of Tokyo, lie on the seismically active Pacific Plate known as the "Ring of Fire".
...geographically-challenged report continues...
First time I've heard of Sino-Japanese territorial issues that side of the Ryukyus...