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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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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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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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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.

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4 Chinese vessels enter Japan's waters

ISHIGAKI ISLAND, Japan - Photo shows a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel (C back) passing near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on the morning of July 1, 2013. A total of four Chinese maritime surveillance vessels temporarily entered Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands that day, according to the Japan Coast Guard.

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Japan-Taiwan fishing pact

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 15 (front) and the Japan Coat Guard patrol ship Amagi sailing in the so-called contiguous zone northwest of Uotsuri Island, part of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, on May 10, 2013. A bilateral fishery agreement came into force the same day allowing Taiwanese fishing boats to operate in Japan's 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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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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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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Japan-China territorial row

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows a crewmember, holding a camera, on the deck of the Haijian 137, a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel, in waters 38 kilometers north of Uotsuri Island, part of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 5:52 p.m. on Jan. 21, 2013. A total of three Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands earlier in the day, leading the Japanese Foreign Ministry to lodge a protest with the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo.

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Japan-China territorial row

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows the Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel Yonakuni (front) and the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 137 sailing in parallel in waters 38 kilometers north of Uotsuri Island, part of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 5:40 p.m. on Jan. 21, 2013. A total of three Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands earlier in the day, leading the Japanese Foreign Ministry to lodge a protest with the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo.

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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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Uotsuri Island

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows goats around a lighthouse on Uotsuri Island of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Nov. 8, 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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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 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 vessels in Senkaku waters

YORON, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News aircraft shows Taiwan boats and a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship in Japanese territorial waters near Uotsuri Island (back), one of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 25, 2012.

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Taiwan vessels in Senkaku waters

YORON, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News aircraft shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship (bottom) shooting a water canon at a Taiwan fishing boat found in Japanese territorial waters near Uotsuri Island (back), one of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 25, 2012.

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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.

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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 fishing boat raising a banner calling for the protection for the right to catch fish after it, and dozens of other Taiwanese fishing boats and Taiwanese surveillance ships, 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 a Taiwanese surveillance ship (4th from top) spraying water and a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship (3rd from top) 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 (top), 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 (top), 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 a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship (L bottom) spraying water at a Taiwanese fishing boat, and a Taiwanese surveillance ship (L top), 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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Uotsuri Island

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Sept. 2, 2012, shows Uotsuri Island, part of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea that are known in China as Diaoyu and in Taiwan as Tiaoyutai. It is one of the three uninhabited islands that the Japanese government purchased on Sept. 11. Dozens of Taiwanese vessels entered Japan's territorial waters early on Sept. 25 off the island.

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Chinese ships enter Japan's territorial waters near Senkakus

YORON, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows a Chinese marine surveillance vessel (3rd from L) and Japan Coast Guard patrol ships near Uotsuri Island (in the background), part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 24, 2012. Three Chinese vessels intruded into Japanese waters near the Senkakus for the first since Sept. 18, according to the Japan Coast Guard.

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Chinese ships enter Japan's territorial waters near Senkakus

YORON, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows a Chinese marine surveillance vessel (R) and Japan Coast Guard patrol ships near Uotsuri Island (in the background), part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 24, 2012. Three Chinese vessels intruded into Japanese waters near the Senkakus for the first since Sept. 18, according to the Japan Coast Guard.

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Chinese ships enter Japan's territorial waters near Senkakus

YORON, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows a Chinese marine surveillance vessel (C) and Japan Coast Guard patrol ships near Uotsuri Island (in the background), part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 24, 2012. Three Chinese vessels intruded into Japanese waters near the Senkakus for the first since Sept. 18, according to the Japan Coast Guard.

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Vessels near Senkakus

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo taken from a Kyodo News aircraft on Sept. 18, 2012, shows the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 50 (front) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Motobu running side by side in a contiguous zone west of Japanese-controlled waters around Uotsuri Island, one of the Senkaku Islands in the East Japan Sea.

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Japan-China territorial row

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News aircraft shows the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 51 (bottom) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ishigaki in Japanese territorial waters near Uotsuri Island, part of 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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Japan-China territorial row

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News aircraft shows the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 51 (L) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ishigaki (R) in Japanese territorial waters near Uotsuri Island (in background), part of 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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Japan-China territorial row

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News aircraft shows the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 51 and a P3C patrol aircraft of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in Japanese territorial waters near Uotsuri Island, part of 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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Anti-Japan demonstration in China

BEIJING, China - Men protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 11, 2012, over a decision by the Japanese government to bring the Senkaku Islands under state control. The slogans on the banner condemn Japan and proclaim that Uotsuri Island, one of the Senkakus, is Chinese territory. The uninhabited islets, administered by Japan for years, are claimed by China and Taiwan, where they are known as Diaoyu and Tiaoyutai, respectively.

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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 conducting an offshore inspection near Uotsuri 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. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a small waterfall on Uotsuri Island, 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. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A Japan Coast Guard vessel patrols near Uotsuri Island, 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. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo gov't inspects Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A Tokyo metropolitan government team conducts an offshore inspection near a cave on Uotsuri 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. (Pool photo)

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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

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo shows a Tokyo metropolitan government team conducting an offshore inspection near Uotsuri 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.