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Japanese envoy in Beijing to discuss disputed islands

By AP News Tue, Jan 22, 2013 3:19PM UTC 1 Comment

BEIJING (AP) — A Japanese envoy arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for talks aimed at cooling tensions over an island dispute that has raised fears of an armed confrontation. Natsuo Yamaguchi made no comments upon his arrival but told reporters in Tokyo he hoped his trip would help ease months of friction over the uninhabited...

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China relentlessly harries Japan in island dispute

By AP News Tue, Nov 06, 2012 11:47AM UTC 1 Comment

Ships of China Marine Surveillance and Japan Coast Guard steam side by side near disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea. Chinese patrol boats have harried the Japanese Coast Guard many times a week for more than a month in an unusually relentless response to their latest maritime spat. China says ships from its Marine Surveillance service are merely defending Chinese sovereignty and protesting illegal Japanese control over the uninhabited islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Pic: AP

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese patrol boats have harried the Japanese Coast Guard many times a week for more than a month in an unusually relentless response to their latest maritime spat. Four Chinese craft typically push to within hailing distance of Japan’s ships. They flash illuminated signs in Japanese to press Beijing’s argument that it...

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China holds drills near isles disputed with Japan

By AP News Fri, Oct 19, 2012 11:06AM UTC 1 Comment

BEIJING (AP) — China flexed some maritime muscle in its dispute with Japan over a chain of uninhabited islands, holding naval exercises in the East China Sea on Friday to strengthen its response to threats to its territorial sovereignty. Both countries have been displaying their naval prowess during a bitter dispute over the islands, called...

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Japan navy showcases warships amid spat with China

By AP News Mon, Oct 15, 2012 12:29PM UTC 0 Comment

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) escort ship "Kurama" leads other vessels during a fleet review in water off Sagami Bay, south of Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. Pic: AP

ABOARD THE JS YUDACHI (AP) — Japan’s navy marked its 60th anniversary with a major exercise intended to show off its maritime strength. The display comes amid a tense territorial dispute with China. About 40 ships — including state-of-the-art destroyers, hovercraft able to launch assaults on rough coastlines and new conventionally powered submarines — took...

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Japan, China to hold talks after island row

By AP News Sat, Oct 13, 2012 6:44PM UTC 1 Comment

TOKYO (AP) — Japan and China are arranging high-level talks to improve their relations hurt by a recent island spat. Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said Friday that a Chinese foreign ministry director visited Tokyo on Thursday with his Japanese counterpart seeking ways to calm tension. It was the first visit by a high-ranking Chinese diplomat...

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