Japan gov't planning to buy disputed isles

Japan gov't planning to buy disputed isles

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows (from front to back) Minamikojima Island, Kitakojima Island and Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The Japanese government is planning to buy some of the disputed islands, also claimed by China and Taiwan, from a private owner in a bid to increase its control over the islands, government sources said July 7, 2012.

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