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Japan teaching manuals

TOKYO, Japan - A September 2012 photo shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri islands of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Japan's education minister Hakubun Shimomura announced on Jan. 28, 2014, that the education ministry has revised its teaching manuals for junior and senior high schools to describe the disputed Senkaku Islands and Takeshima islets as "integral parts of Japanese territory."

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Senkakus

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2012 shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri islands, part of the five main islands in the Senkaku group in the East China Sea.

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Senkaku islets

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri islands, part of the five main islands in the Senkaku group in the East China Sea, on Sept. 11, 2013, a year after the Japanese government purchased the three islands, which are also claimed by China and Taiwan.

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Chinese vessels in Japanese waters

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2350 and the Japan Coast Guard's patrol ship Hateruma in Japanese territorial waters southeast of Minamikojima, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 10, 2013.

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China vessels in Japan waters

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows a fleet of four China Maritime Surveillance vessels traveling in Japan's territorial waters southeast of Minamikojima island of the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 10, 2013.

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China vessels in Japan waters

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows a fleet (R row) of four China Maritime Surveillance vessels traveling in Japan's territorial waters southeast of Minamikojima island of the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 10, 2013. To the left are patrol vessels of the Japan Coast Guard.

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China vessels in Japan waters

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows vessels from the China Maritime Surveillance and the Japan Coast Guard in Japan's territorial waters southeast of Minamikojima island of the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 10, 2013.

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China ships near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Chinese maritime surveillance vessels Haijian 49 (front) and Haijian 50 in Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea at 1:39 p.m. on April 23, 2013. Seen in the background are the Senkakus' Minamikojima (L) and Kitakojima islands. China claims the Japan-administered islands.

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1950 Chinese diplomatic draft sees Senkakus as part of Ryukyus

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri islands, part of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, which China and Taiwan also claim. A Chinese diplomatic draft in 1950 on a peace treaty with Japan indicated Chinese recognition of the Senkaku Islands as part of the Ryukyu Islands, sources familiar with the document said Dec. 28, 2012.

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Japan-China territorial dispute

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri islands, part of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, which China and Taiwan also claim.

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Senkakus

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Sept. 2, 2012, shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri islands, part of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, which are known in China as Diaoyu and in Taiwan as Tiaoyutai.

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Japan to bring Senkakus under state control

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News on Sept. 2, 2012, shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri islands, part of a group of Japanese-controlled islets in the East China Sea known as Senkaku in Japan, Diaoyu in China and Tiaoyutai in Taiwan. The Japanese government has agreed with the family that owns the three islands in the Senkaku Islands group on its plan to bring them under state control, government sources said on Sept. 5.

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Japan to bring Senkakus under state control

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Sept. 2, 2012, shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri islands, part of the Japanese-controlled islets in the East China Sea, known as Senkaku in Japan, Diaoyu in China and Tiaoyutai in Taiwan. The Japanese government has agreed with the family that owns the Senkaku Islands on its plan to bring the three islands under state control, government sources said on Sept. 5.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News on Sept. 2, 2012, shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. A Tokyo metropolitan government team conducted an offshore inspection of the islands the same day as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team shortly after conducting an offshore inspection of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, with Kitakojima (L) and Minamikojima (R), part of the island group, shown in the background. The inspection was part of the metropolitan government's plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Minamikojima Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Sept. 2, 2012, as part of its plan to buy land on the isles amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 2, 2012. A Tokyo metropolitan government team the same day conducted an offshore inspection of the islands as part of its plan to buy land on them amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane chartered by Kyodo News shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 2, 2012. A Tokyo metropolitan government team the same day conducted an offshore inspection of the islands as part of its plan to buy land on them amid a growing territorial row with China over the uninhabited islets.

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Local gov't to apply for landing on Senkaku islands

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 Tokyo metropolitan government will soon seek permission from the national government to send a party to the disputed islands, parts of which it plans to buy from a Japanese owner, a senior metropolitan government official said July 18, 2012.

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Japan gov't planning to buy disputed isles

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows (from L to R) 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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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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Senkaku islands

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows three islands of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, (from front to back) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri Island.

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Fishing around Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese fishermen from Okinawa Prefecture work on a fishing boat near Minamikojima island of the disputed Senkaku Islands on the East China Sea in mid-November 2011.

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Disputed Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows (from front to back) Minamikojima Island, Kitakojima Island and Uotsuri Island (back) of the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. China and Taiwan also claim sovereignty over the islands.

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Chinese army mulls use of drones to assert claims over Senkakus

File photo taken in September 2012 shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri islands of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The Chinese army is weighing the full use of unmanned aircraft to regularly monitor the East China Sea, a move that may add fuel to heightened tension in the area where Japanese-controlled islands claimed by China lie, a Chinese document on the country's use of drones showed June 12, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Senkaku islands

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows three islands of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, (from front to back) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri Island. (Kyodo)

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Fishing around Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese fishermen from Okinawa Prefecture work on a fishing boat near Minamikojima island of the disputed Senkaku Islands on the East China Sea in mid-November 2011. (Kyodo)

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Disputed Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows (from front to back) Minamikojima Island, Kitakojima Island and Uotsuri Island (back) of the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. China and Taiwan also claim sovereignty over the islands. (Kyodo)