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Japan reports that two Chinese ships have entered territorial waters off the coast of the disputed Senkaku Islands.
2013-09-19

Japan's Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, states that his country intends to reach out to the international community to seek support for its sovereignty over the disputed islands.
2012-09-27

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda meets with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, explaining to him that the islands are "Japan's inherent territory" and that "there is no territorial dispute as such".
2012-09-27

Anti-Japan protests are staged outside the UN. [http:--www3.nhk.or.jp-daily-english-20120927_04.html (NHK World)]date=August 2019
2012-09-26

Bookstores in China suspend sales of books by Japanese authors or about Japan.
2012-09-24

Japanese Coast Guard ships await the arrival of 1000 Chinese fishing boats dispatched by China to the waters around the Senkaku Islands in order to assert its claim on the territory.
2012-09-18

Japanese prime minister Yoshihiko Noda condemns the anti-Japan protests in China.
2012-09-16

Anti-Japanese protests take place in more than a dozen cities across China.
2012-08-19

Japanese jets scramble to react to Chinese military aircraft which flew close to the disputed Senkaku Islands.
2011-03-3

Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada dismisses Australia's threat to take the country to the International Court of Justice over Japan's whaling in the Antarctic.
2010-02-21