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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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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 (C) and Japan Coast Guard patrol ships near 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 (front) and a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship near 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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Chinese ships enter Japan's territorial waters near Senkakus

YORON, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows a Chinese marine surveillance vessel (front) and a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship near 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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Japan's Cabinet to formally approve emperor's abdication date

Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko are pictured during their visit to Yoron Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on Nov. 17, 2017. Japan's Cabinet is prepared to formally approve on Dec. 8 that the emperor will abdicate on April 30, 2019. ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress on trip to Japan's southwestern islands

Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko look at a sandbar, called Yurigahama, on Yoron Island, southwestern Japan, with their binoculars on Nov. 17, 2017, during their three-day trip to the country's remote islands. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress on trip to Japan's southwestern islands

Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko (3rd from L) look at a sandbar, called Yurigahama, on Yoron Island, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2017, during their three-day trip to the country's remote islands. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress on trip to Japan's southwestern islands

Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko (3rd from L) look at a sandbar, called Yurigahama, on Yoron Island, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2017, during their three-day trip to the country's remote islands. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress on trip to Japan's southwestern islands

Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) holds hands with Empress Michiko on Nov. 17, 2017, on their way to observe Yurigahama on Yoron Island, southwestern Japan, during their three-day trip to the country's remote islands. Yurigahama, called an "illusory sandbar," only appears offshore at low tide. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress on trip to Japan's southwestern islands

Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko wave to local residents after arriving at Yoron Island, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2017, during their three-day trip to the country's remote islands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress on trip to Japan's southwestern islands

Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko wave to local residents after arriving at Yoron Island, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2017, during their three-day trip to the country's remote islands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Recovery of U.S. rocket debris on Kagoshima island discussed

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan and the United States are discussing the recovery of part of a U.S. rocket that was found on a Japanese island last November. Photo, taken Dec. 31, 1999, shows a 7-meter long cylindrical fragment of a Pegasus rocket that washed ashore on Yoron Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in late November.