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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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H.K. activists say they will "fish" off Senkakus

HONG KONG, China - Hong Kong activists claiming Chinese sovereignty over the Japanese-administered Senkaku islets in East China Sea set sail for a "fishing" voyage there from Hong Kong on Sept. 15, 2014.

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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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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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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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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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3 Chinese vessels near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - The Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 46 (back) prevents a Japanese fishing boat (front) from sailing ahead on May 26, 2013, in Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Three Chinese maritime surveillance vessels sailed the same day into Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands, which are controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.

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3 Chinese vessels near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard patrol ships Ishigaki (C) and Yamakuni (R) prevent the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 66 (L) from approaching a Japanese fishing boat on May 26, 2013, in Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Three Chinese maritime surveillance vessels sailed the same day into Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands, which are controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.

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3 Chinese vessels near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Yoshino (front) sails to prevent the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 46 (back L) from approaching Japanese fishing boats (2nd and 3rd from front) on May 26, 2013, in Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Three Chinese maritime surveillance vessels sailed the same day into Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands, which are controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.

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China ships near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photos from a Kyodo News airplane show (from top) the Chinese maritime surveillance vessels Haijian 15, 23, 46, 49, 50, 51, 66 and 137 in Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on April 23, 2013. China claims the Japan-administered islands.

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China ships near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows (from front) the Chinese maritime surveillance vessels Haijian 49 and 50 and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ryukyu in Japanese territorial waters about 12 kilometers north-northeast of Uotsuri Island of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea at 1:51 p.m. on April 23, 2013. China claims the Japan-administered islands.

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China ships near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Haijian 51 and other Chinese maritime surveillance vessels in Japanese territorial waters about 12 kilometers north-northeast of Uotsuri Island of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea at 2 p.m. on April 23, 2013. China claims the Japan-administered islands.

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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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Chinese ships converge near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows a Japanese fishing ship (R, bottom), the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 66 (L) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ishigaki (C) sailing around a border area of Japan's territorial waters, near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 10:08 a.m. on April 23, 2013. Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters the same day around the Senkaku Islands, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Chinese ships converge near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 50 (front) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Motobu sailing in Japan's territorial waters near Uotsuri Island (back), part of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 9:52 a.m. on April 23, 2013. Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters the same day around the Senkaku Islands, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Chinese ships converge near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 66 (back) sailing closer to a Japanese fishing ship (L, bottom), and the Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel Awagumo (R) around a border area of Japan's territorial waters, near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 10:06 a.m. on April 23, 2013. Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters the same day around the Senkaku Islands, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Chinese ships converge near Senkakus

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua arrives at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on April 23, 2013. The ministry summoned him and lodged a protest after Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters the same day around the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, claimed by China.

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Chinese ships converge near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ishigaki (C) preventing the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 66 (R, top) from sailing closer to a Japanese fishing ship (L, bottom) around a border area of Japan's territorial waters near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 10:09 a.m. on April 23, 2013. Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters the same day around the Senkaku Islands, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Chinese ships converge near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows a Japanese fishing ship (front), the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 66 (2nd from front) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ishigaki (3rd from front) sailing in parallel around a border area of Japan's territorial waters, near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 10:09 a.m. on April 23, 2013. Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters the same day around the Senkaku Islands, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Japan, Taiwan sign deal on fisheries near Senkakus

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Photo taken in Taipei on April 10, 2013, shows Japan's Interchange Association Chairman Mitsuo Ohashi (L) and Taiwan's Association of East Asian Relations Chairman Liao Liou-yi shaking hands after signing a bilateral fisheries agreement allowing Taiwanese fishing trawlers to operate in part of Japan's exclusive economic zone near the disputed Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, known as the Tiaoyutai Islands in Taiwan and the Diaoyu Islands in China.

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Taiwan adds new ship to patrol Senkakus

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou speaks in the southern port city of Kaohsiung on March 30, 2013, to commission a new 2,000-ton coast guard vessel to join a fleet patrolling waters near a cluster of Japanese-administered islands in the East China Sea.

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Taiwan adds new ship to patrol Senkakus

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - The Hsin Bei frigate, a new 2,000-ton Taiwan Coast Guard vessel, discharges water during an exercise in the southern port city of Kaohsiung on March 30, 2013. The Hsin Bei joins a fleet patrolling waters near a cluster of Japanese-administered islands in the East China Sea.

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New textbooks describe Takeshima, Senkakus as Japan's

SEOUL, South Korea - Takashi Kurai, deputy chief of mission at the Japanese Embassy in South Korea, leaves the foreign ministry in Seoul on March 26, 2013, after being summoned. South Korea summoned Kurai to lodge a protest over Japan's approval of high school textbooks containing its territorial claim over islets in the Sea of Japan known as Dokdo in Korean.

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New textbooks describe Takeshima, Senkakus as Japan's

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows pages of newly approved Japanese high school textbooks on which the disputed Senkaku Islands and Takeshima islets are described as Japanese territories. Most of the textbooks newly approved for use at high schools from April 2014 describe the disputed islands as Japanese territories, the education ministry said March 26, 2013, in announcing the results of recent textbook screenings.

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New textbooks describe Takeshima, Senkakus as Japan's

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows textbooks newly approved for use at high schools in Japan from April 2014. Most of the new textbooks describe the disputed Senkaku Islands and Takeshima islets as Japanese territories, the education ministry said March 26, 2013, in announcing the results of recent textbook screenings.

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Taiwanese eager to fish around Senkakus

SUAO, Taiwan - Photo taken in December 2012 shows the home port in Taiwan's Yilan County of a fleet of Taiwanese fishing boats that entered Japanese waters around the Senkaku Islands in September 2012.

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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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China vessels near Senkakus for 20th day

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows a crew member aboard the Chinese surveillance vessel Hai Jian 66 in an area just outside what Japan considers its territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Nov. 8, 2012. Chinese surveillance vessels entered the area for the 20th straight day since Oct. 20, 2012.

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China vessels near Senkakus for 20th day

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Chinese surveillance vessel Yu Zheng 33006 (front) in an area just outside what Japan considers its territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Nov. 8, 2012. Chinese surveillance vessels entered the area for the 20th straight day since Oct. 20, 2012. Seen in background is the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Rebun.

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China vessels near Senkakus for 20th day

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Chinese surveillance vessel Yu Zheng 33006 (L) in an area just outside what Japan considers its territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Nov. 8, 2012. Chinese surveillance vessels entered the area for the 20th straight day since Oct. 20, 2012. Seen in R is the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Rebun.

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Chinese vessels sail near Senkakus for 19th day

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 7, 2012, shows Chinese marine surveillance vessel Haijian 51 (bottom) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ishigaki in a so-called contiguous zone near Kuba Island of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Chinese patrol vessels sailed in an area just outside Japanese territorial waters around the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group claimed by China for the 19th straight day, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Chinese vessels sail near Senkakus for 19th day

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 7, 2012, shows Chinese marine surveillance vessels Haijian 51 (bottom) and Haijian 84 in a so-called contiguous zone near Kuba Island of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Chinese patrol vessels sailed in an area just outside Japanese territorial waters around the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group claimed by China for the 19th straight day, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Chinese vessel near Senkakus

AMAMI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows a Chinese surveillance vessel in waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Oct. 25, 2012. Chinese surveillance vessels entered Japan's territorial waters around the islands, claimed by China, for the first time in three weeks the same day, prompting Tokyo to lodge a "strong protest" with Beijing through diplomatic channels.

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Chinese vessel near Senkakus

AMAMI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows a Chinese surveillance vessel and a Japan Coast Guard vessel in waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Oct. 25, 2012. Chinese surveillance vessels entered Japan's territorial waters around the islands, claimed by China, for the first time in three weeks the same day, prompting Tokyo to lodge a "strong protest" with Beijing through diplomatic channels.

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Taiwan demonstration on Senkakus

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A pro-unification group stages a march in Taipei on Oct. 25, 2012, to call for Taiwan to team up with China to "reclaim" a cluster of Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea, known as the Tiaoyutai Islands in Taiwan and the Senkaku Islands in Japan.

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Chinese surveillance vessel near Senkakus

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship (L) and a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel near Uotsuri Island, part of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Oct. 2, 2012. All four Chinese maritime surveillance vessels that entered Japanese territorial waters off the Senkakus on Oct. 2, 2012, had left the area by late afternoon, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Chinese surveillance vessel near Senkakus

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel (middle) sandwiched by Japan Coast Guard patrol ships near Kuba Island, part of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Oct. 2, 2012. All four Chinese maritime surveillance vessels that entered Japanese territorial waters off the Senkakus on Oct. 2, 2012, had left the area by late afternoon, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Chinese surveillance vessel near Senkakus

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship (far L) and a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel (2nd from L) near Uotsuri Island, part of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Oct. 2, 2012. All four Chinese maritime surveillance vessels that entered Japanese territorial waters off the Senkakus on Oct. 2, 2012, had left the area by late afternoon, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Taiwan boats return home from Senkakus

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Photo shows a Taiwanese fishing boat at Nanfangao, a fishing port in northern Taiwan, in the early hours of Sept. 26, 2012, after it returning from a trip to a cluster of Taiwan-claimed Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea to assert Taiwanese fishermen's trawling rights in the rich fishing grounds.

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Taiwan boats return home from Senkakus

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chen Chun-sheng (C), director of the Suao Fishermen's Association, holds a press conference with other members of the association at Nanfangao, a fishing port in northern Taiwan, in the early hours of Sept. 26, 2012, after returning from a trip in fishing boats to a cluster of Taiwan-claimed Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea to assert Taiwanese fishermen's trawling rights in the rich fishing grounds.

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Japan, China at odds over Senkakus

BEIJING, China - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai leaves after talks with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun in Beijing on Sept. 25, 2012. Japan and China remained at odds in a dispute over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Taiwan boats enter Japan's territorial waters near Senkakus

YORON, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows a Taiwanese surveillance ship (top) spraying water and a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship (C) spraying water at a Taiwanese fishing boat after dozens of Taiwanese vessels entered Japan's territorial waters on the morning of Sept. 25, 2012, off Uotsuri Island, one of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands.

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Taiwan boats enter Japan's territorial waters near Senkakus

YORON, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows Taiwanese vessels and Japan Coast Guard patrol ships in Japan's territorial waters on the morning of Sept. 25, 2012, off Uotsuri Island, one of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands.