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China Coast Guard ship near Senkaku Islands

A China Coast Guard ship is spotted near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on April 27, 2024. China claims the uninhabited islands.

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China Coast Guard ship near Senkaku Islands

A China Coast Guard ship is spotted near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on April 27, 2024. China claims the uninhabited islands.

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China Coast Guard ship near Senkaku Islands

A China Coast Guard ship is spotted near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on April 27, 2024. China claims the uninhabited islands.

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China Coast Guard ship near Senkaku Islands

A China Coast Guard ship is spotted near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on April 27, 2024. China claims the uninhabited islands.

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Japan GSDF opens new garrison in southern Japan

The Ground Self-Defense Force's garrison on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, is pictured on March 15, 2023. The garrison opened on March 16 on the remote island near the disputed Senkaku Islands and Taiwan amid intensifying military activity by China in nearby waters.

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Japan GSDF opens new garrison in southern Japan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel can be seen on March 16, 2023, at a garrison that opened the same day on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. Some 570 or fewer GSDF members will be stationed on the island near the disputed Senkaku Islands and Taiwan, apparently in response to China's intensifying military activities in nearby waters.

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Japan GSDF opens new garrison in southern Japan

People stage a rally on March 16, 2023, near a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force garrison that opened the same day on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. Some 570 or fewer GSDF members will be stationed on the island near the disputed Senkaku Islands and Taiwan, apparently in response to China's intensifying military activities in nearby waters.

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Japan GSDF opens new garrison in southern Japan

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel stand guard on March 16, 2023, in front of a garrison that opened the same day on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. Some 570 or fewer GSDF members will be stationed on the island near the disputed Senkaku Islands and Taiwan, apparently in response to China's intensifying military activities in nearby waters.

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Protest over Senkakus

BEIJING, China - A man reads out a protest letter in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Jan. 4, 2012, after a group of Japanese landed on one of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea the previous day. The man was taken away by police officers shortly afterward.

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Protest over Senkakus

BEIJING, China - A man (back C) reads out a protest letter in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Jan. 4, 2012, after a group of Japanese landed on one of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea the previous day. The man was taken away by police officers shortly afterward.

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Local assembly members land on Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Hitoshi Nakama (C), a member of the municipal assembly of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture, returns to Ishigaki Island on the evening of Jan. 3, 2012, after landing on one of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, a group of islets controlled by Japan and claimed also by China and Taiwan. Two assembly members including Nakama landed on Uotsuri Island that day.

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Local assembly members land on Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Hitoshi Nakama (R), a member of the municipal assembly of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture, answers reporters' questions upon returning to Ishigaki Island on the evening of Jan. 3, 2012, after landing on one of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, a group of islets controlled by Japan and claimed also by China and Taiwan. Another assembly member, Tadashi Nakamine (L), also landed on Uotsuri Island the same day.

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Territorial dispute over Senkaku Islands

HONG KONG, China - A fishing vessel carrying activists from Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan is pictured shortly before leaving Hong Kong port for the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea to assert Chinese sovereignty on Jan. 3, 2012, the same day two Japanese local assemblymen landed on one of the islands, angering China. The fishing vessel was stopped in Hong Kong waters, boarded by officials of Hong Kong's Marine Department and escorted back to port.

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China launches website to claim ownership of Senkaku Islands

BEIJING, China - China's State Oceanic Administration launches a website on Dec. 30, 2014, to claim its ownership of the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands. The uninhabited islands in the East China Sea are known as Diaoyu in China.

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Chinese beer takes on name of disputed isles

SHANGHAI, China - Cans of Diaoyudao Beer sold in southern China by a brewery in Guangzhou since 2012 show the slogan "Diaoyudao, Territory of China," as seen in this photo taken on Dec. 9, 2014. Diaoyudao or Diaoyu Islands is the Chinese name for the Senkaku Islands, a set of uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islets in the East China Sea which China also claims.

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Japan, Philippines leaders meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Philippine President Benigno Aquino meet in Tokyo on June 24, 2014, amid China's increasing assertiveness in the South and East China seas. China has been challenging Japan's control of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, while the Philippines is involved in territorial disputes in the South China Sea between Beijing and its smaller neighbors. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, Philippines leaders meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Philippine President Benigno Aquino meet in Tokyo on June 24, 2014, amid China's increasing assertiveness in the South and East China seas. China has been challenging Japan's control of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, while the Philippines is involved in territorial disputes in the South China Sea between Beijing and its smaller neighbors. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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British document on Senkakus

LONDON, United Kingdom - Photo taken on March 10, 2014, shows a document dating from the early 1970s at the National Archives in London in which Britain expresses uncertainty over Japan's claim to the Senkaku Islands.

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British document on Senkakus

LONDON, United Kingdom - Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2013, shows a file at the National Archives in London containing documents from the early 1970s expressing British uncertainty over Japan's claim to the Senkaku Islands.

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British document on Senkakus

LONDON, United Kingdom - Photo taken on March 10, 2014, shows a document dating from the early 1970s at the National Archives in London in which Britain expresses uncertainty over Japan's claim to the Senkaku Islands.

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Some Yonaguni residents oppose building of GSDF facility

YONAGUNI, Japan - Some residents of Yonaguni Island, the westernmost Japanese island near a group of islands whose ownership is contested by China, voice opposition to the construction of a facility for a coastal surveillance unit of the Ground Self-Defense Force near the groundbreaking ceremony venue on the island on April 19, 2014. The residents are concerned that because of the GSDF presence only about 150 kilometers north of the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands, the island could become a target in times of contingency involving Japan and China.

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Japanese textbook on territories

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese social studies textbook for elementary school pupils mentions the Northern Territories, Takeshima and the Senkaku Islands in a "territorial issue" column. All social studies textbooks for primary school students in Japan will include descriptions of islands at the heart of bilateral frictions with China and South Korea, with some referring to them as Japan's "inherent" territory, the Japanese education ministry said April 4, 2014.

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Japanese textbook on territories

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese social studies textbook for elementary school pupils mentions the Northern Territories, Takeshima and the Senkaku Islands in a "territorial issue" column. All social studies textbooks for primary school students in Japan will include descriptions of islands at the heart of bilateral frictions with China and South Korea, with some referring to them as Japan's "inherent" territory, the Japanese education ministry said April 4, 2014.

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Chinese artist Ai to hold exhibit in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany - Members of the press view an artwork themed on the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands created by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei in Berlin on April 2, 2014, before the public opening of Ai's exhibition. The islets are also claimed by China and Taiwan, which call them Diaoyu and Tiaoyutai, respectively.

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Movie director backs China's claim to Diaoyu Islands

BEIJING, China - German film director Chris Nebe makes a speech in Beijing on March 23, 2014, on his documentary film "Diaoyu Islands, The Truth" that backs Beijing's claim that the islands, which are administered by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, belong to China.

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Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2013 shows the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Japanese tourism fair draws crowd in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Booths at a Japanese travel fair at a shopping mall in Shanghai, China, are crowded with visitors on Feb. 22, 2014. The event, aimed at luring Chinese tourists to Japan during the spring cherry blossom season, is the largest of its kind in China since bilateral relations were chilled by Japan's nationalization of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, also claimed by China, in September 2012.

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Dancers perform at Japanese tourism fair in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Dancers perform during a Japanese travel fair in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 22, 2014. The event, aimed at luring Chinese tourists to Japan during the spring cherry blossom season, is the largest of its kind in China since bilateral relations were chilled by Japan's nationalization of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, also claimed by China, in September 2012.

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Japanese tourism fair draws crowd in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - Visitors tour a Japanese travel fair in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 22, 2014. The event, aimed at luring Chinese tourists to Japan during the spring cherry blossom season, is the largest of its kind in China since bilateral relations were chilled by Japan's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, also claimed by China, in September 2012.

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Japan teaching manuals

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's education minister Hakubun Shimomura holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2014. He announced 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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Japan teaching manuals

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's education minister Hakubun Shimomura holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2014. He announced 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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Japan teaching manuals

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's education minister Hakubun Shimomura holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 28, 2014. He announced 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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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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Japan parliament urges China to rescind ADIZ

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution during a plenary session in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2013, urging China to rescind the establishment of an air defense identification zone over the East China Sea that covers the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands.

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Chinese envoy Cheng

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua speaks with reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2013, after being summoned there by Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki. Saiki lodged a protest over Beijing's establishment of an air defense zone covering the Senkaku Islands in an attempt to stake its claim over the Japanese-administered islets in the East China Sea.

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Senkakus

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2013 shows a fleet of four China Maritime Surveillance vessels traveling near Kubajima, part of the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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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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H.K. vessel

HONG KONG, China - Activists wave on a vessel of the Action Committee for Defending the Diaoyu Islands leaving a pier in Hong Kong on Nov. 13, 2013. Hong Kong authorities later blocked the vessel, assuming it would head for the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, which China and Taiwan also claim.

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H.K. vessel

HONG KONG, China - A vessel of the Action Committee for Defending the Diaoyu Islands leaves a pier in Hong Kong on Nov. 13, 2013. Hong Kong authorities later blocked the vessel, assuming it would head for the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, which China and Taiwan also claim.

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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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China National Day

BEIJING, China - Photo posted on an official Chinese website shows a ceremony to hoist the Chinese flag on Oct. 1, 2013, aboard a vessel in the East China Sea off the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands, which China claims and refers to as Diaoyu.

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Top Marine in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - The commanding general of U.S. Marine forces in Okinawa, Lt. Gen. John Wissler (L), and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima meet at the prefectural hall in Naha on Sept. 17, 2013. Wissler told the governor that MV-22 Osprey aircraft stationed at the Marines' Futenma Air Station in the prefecture could be dispatched to the disputed Senkaku Islands if needed.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows four China Coast Guard vessels including the Haijing 2350 (front) in the so-called contiguous zone northeast of Kuba, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2506 (back) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Katori in the so-called contiguous zone northeast of Kuba, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the area just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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1 year after Japan purchased Senkaku islets

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Uotsuri (front), one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013, a year after the Japanese government purchased some of the islets, which are claimed by China and Taiwan.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2350 (front) and three Japan Coast Guard patrol ships in the so-called contiguous zone southwest of Uotsuri, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the area just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2112 (front) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Hateruma in the so-called contiguous zone southwest of Uotsuri (back), one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the area just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Uotsuri (back), one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013, a year after the Japanese government purchased some of the islets, which are claimed by China and Taiwan. The Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Hayato is seen in the front. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the so-called contiguous zone just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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China vessels in Japan waters

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua leaves Japan's Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2013, after Japan's Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki conveyed to Cheng Japan's protest over the entry of Chinese vessels into Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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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 (L) and the Japan Coast Guard's patrol ship Hateruma in Japanese territorial waters near Uotsuri, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 10, 2013.