Japan says the islands have always been Japanese. America takes no position on the rival sovereignty claims. But it has said that its defence treaty with Japan applies to the islands.

关于这些岛屿的归属权争端，美国保持中立，但表示其与日本签署的安保防务条约适用于这些岛屿。

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It takes courage to make the hard decisions to cancel a project to save funding or to let an employee know they no longer have a position with the project.

取消项目以便节约资金或让员工知道自己在项目中已经没有了位置，做出这些艰难决定需要勇气。

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He can get a good position no matter what match he takes part in.

不管什么比赛他参加，他都能取得好名次。

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Though bullish on modernizing aviation technology, the giant business federation takes no position on funding it.

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America takes no position on the rival sovereignty claims.

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