Japan-China territorial row

Japan-China territorial row

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News aircraft shows the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 51 in Japanese territorial waters near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 14, 2012. China also claims the islets and calls them the Diaoyu Islands.

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