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Japan may release data proving Chinese radar incident: media

East China Sea Dispute

Japan may release data it says will prove a Chinese naval vessel directed its fire control radar at a Japanese destroyer near disputed islands in the East China Sea, local media reported.

 

China warns of strong steps in Japan island spat

Senkaku

China reserves the right to take strong countermeasures if Japan "creates incidents" in the waters around a group of disputed uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, a Chinese vice foreign minister said on Friday.

 

Tokyo’s Firebrand Governor, Shintaro Ishihara, Quits to Form New National Party

Shintaro Ishihara, the firebrand governor of Tokyo whose obsession with a set of disputed islands prompted Japan’s latest spat with China, declared on Thursday that he was quitting local politics to start a national party, a move that could escalate the territorial dispute and shift allegiances in Japan’s soon-to-be-called elections.

 

Purchase of Senkaku Islands was best option says Foreign Minister Genba

Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba has defended the central government’s decision to buy the Senkaku Islands, stating in a BBC interview in London this week that if Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara had made the purchase, as originally intended, things would be much worse by now. While Genba feels it was the best choice for Japan to control the territory disputed with China, he argued that if the hawkish, nationalist Tokyo Governor had gained control personally, he would have followed through on his publicized plans of landing and developing on the islands, actions that would have outraged China to no end.

 

China tensions force Japanese companies to retreat

Anti-Japan Protests

Some Japanese firms have temporarily shut factories and shops in China after angry protests over a territorial dispute, with Chinese state media warning on Monday that Japan could suffer another "lost decade" if trade ties sour.

 

Anti-Japan protests erupt in China

Thousands of Chinese besieged the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Saturday, hurling rocks, eggs and bottles. Protests spread to other cities in a dispute over a group of remote islands.

 

Chinese ships patrol disputed islands

China Sea Islands

Six Chinese maritime surveillance ships entered waters around a group of islands at the center of a heated territorial dispute between Tokyo and Beijing, ignoring warnings from the Japanese authorities.

 

Japan activists land, raise flags on disputed isle

Territorial Dispute

A group of Japanese activists swam ashore and raised flags early Sunday on one of a group of islands at the center of an escalating territorial dispute with China.

 

Japan sends back Chinese activists in bid to defuse island row

Chinese Activist

Japan on Friday sent home the first group of Chinese activists detained after landing on an island claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing, a move China welcomed but at the same time warned its neighbor against any further escalation in tension.

 

A High Ranking Official in Japan Still Thinks the Nanking Massacre is Fiction

Nanking Massacre

Last week, a mayor in Japan made a comment that the atrocities committed during the Nanking Massacre didn't actually happen. The rape, torture, and murders were misreported. Whatever happened was just the normal run-of-the-mill stuff that happens in wars.

Not surprisingly, this caused an uproar in China, with people threatening not to support anything related to Japan.

 

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