Guarding Senkakus

Guarding Senkakus

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel aboard a P-3C patrol airplane examine ships from above the East China Sea around the disputed Senkaku Islands, called Diaoyu in China, on Sept. 15, 2010. Tension between Japan and China has tightened over the territorial row.

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