10 Japanese land on disputed Senkakus

10 Japanese land on disputed Senkakus

TOKYO, Japan - People unfurl Japanese flags on Uotsuri Island, the largest of a chain of islets known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan, in the East China Sea on the morning of Aug. 19, 2012. Two are seen hoisted on a lighthouse. Ten Japanese nationals landed earlier that morning on the island in the uninhabited chain, which is at the center of a territorial row with China.

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