Japan-China territorial row

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.

Japanese makes solo kayak trip from Philippines to Taiwan

Japanese makes solo kayak trip from Philippines to Taiwan

HUALIAN, Taiwan - Toru Yahata, a sea kayak instructor based in Okinawa, arrives in the eastern Taiwan port city of Hualian on June 18, after rowing 700 kilometers in a solo kayak trip from the northern Philippines. Yahata, 32, says it took him 16 days to make the voyage with his 5.5-meter boat, at an average speed of 6 km per hour. Yahata also made a solo kayak trip from Hualian to Yonakuni in southern Okinawa, a distance of 140 km, in June last year.

Japanese makes solo kayak trip from Philippines to Taiwan

Japanese makes solo kayak trip from Philippines to Taiwan

HUALIAN, Taiwan - Toru Yahata, a sea kayak instructor based in Okinawa, arrives in the eastern Taiwan port city of Hualian on June 18, after rowing 700 kilometers in a solo kayak trip from the northern Philippines. Yahata, 32, says it took him 16 days to make the voyage with his 5.5-meter boat, at an average speed of 6 km per hour. Yahata also made a solo kayak trip from Hualian to Yonakuni in southern Okinawa, a distance of 140 km, in June last year. (Kyodo)