Taiwan should not be overly close to China, so as to maintain the balance of power in the East Asia region, Japanese Diet members were quoted as saying during a recent meeting with visiting Taiwanese lawmakers on issues pertaining to the disputed Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台列嶼).

Taiwan, China and Japan all claim sovereignty over the islets, known in Japan as the Senkaku islands and the Diaoyu Isalnds (釣魚群島) in Chinese.