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Japan summons China's ambassador, Cheng Yonghua, to Tokyo after a People's Liberation Army Navy warship sailed close to its territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea for the first time.
2016-06-9

The cabinet of Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe approves a record defence budget with a plan to buy surveillance aircraft and Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter jets to improve security of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea claimed by both Japan and China.
2015-01-14

China delimits an "air-defence identification zone" over an area of the East China Sea, covering Diaoyu-Senkaku Islands, also claimed by Japan.
2013-11-23

South Korea announces plans to submit a claim to the United Nations to a larger portion of the East China Sea in a move which is likely to be disputed by the People's Republic of China and Japan.
2011-07-3

Eleven Chinese fishermen are missing after their fishing boat sinks in the East China Sea. [http:--wrbsyndicate.com-News-Eleven-Chinese-missing-after-fishing-boat-sinks-in-East-China-Sea (BNO via WR Berkley)]date=August 2019
2011-02-28

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku calls for the People's Republic of China to compensate for Japanese patrol boats damaged in a confrontation with a Chinese fishing boat in the East China Sea.
2010-09-27

The People's Republic of China demands an apology from Japan after a recently detained fishing boat captain returns. Japan's Foreign Ministry rejects the call.
2010-09-25

Japanese prosecutors release the Chinese fishing boat captain recently captured in disputed waters in the East China Sea after pressure from the Chinese government.
2010-09-24

Yang Jiechi, the Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China, calls for Japan to immediately release a fishing boat captain captured in disputed waters in the East China Sea.
2010-09-10

Japanese carmaker Mazda recalls 215,000 vehicles in the United States and 11,000 vehicles in China due to power steering flaws.
2010-08-18