Security pact covers Tiaoyutas: US State Department official

The Senkaku Islands, known in Chinese as the Tiaoyutais, have been under the administrative control of the government of Japan and are therefore subject to the Japan-U.S. security treaty signed in 1960, PhilipCrowley, assistant secretary under the State Department's Bureau of Public Affairs, said at a news briefing.

Taiwan has been one of the countries along with Japan and China that claims sovereignty over the uninhabited island group, a stance that has been a thorn in unofficial bilateral ties between Taiwan and Japan.

The Kyodo News reported recently that the Obama administration has not explicitly stated that the islands are subject to the Japan-U.S. security treaty — in a shift from the position held by former President George W. Bush.

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