Japan gov't planning to buy disputed isles

Japan gov't planning to buy disputed isles

BEIJING, China - People demonstrate against Japan at the Marco Polo Bridge outside Beijing on July 7, 2012, to mark the 75th anniversary of an incident at the bridge that sparked the Sino-Japanese war. In Japan the same day, government sources said the Japanese government is planning to buy some of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, also claimed by China and Taiwan, from a private owner in a bid to increase its control over the islands.

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