evidence: Japan’s public broadcaster, NHK, has apologised after a member of staff referred to the disputed Senkaku Islands as "Chinese territory" during an internationally broadcast radio programme this week. [...] Japan’s official position on the Senkakus is that the island’s are "clearly an inherent part of the territory of Japan" and "there exists no issue of territorial sovereignty to be resolved" between Tokyo and Beijing. [...] Chinese vessels regularly enter waters near the Senkakus, with Japan scrambling self-defence force jets in response. The territories were in the news again recently after the Japanese coastguard rescued a Mexican man who had become stranded on one of the islands after leaving the island of Yonaguni in a canoe in an apparent attempt to cross to Taiwan, 100km away.