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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

China's Xi Jinping denounces Japan's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands as a "farce" and that Tokyo should "rein in its behavior."
2012-09-19

Police in Hong Kong arrest a man accused of attacking a Japanese couple near the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade on Monday.
2012-09-19

China says it reserves the right to further action against Japan over the Senkaku Islands, but adds that it hopes for a "peaceful and negotiated solution" to the issue.
2012-09-18

Japan announces that Shinichi Nishimiya will succeed Uichiro Niwa.
2012-09-11

China summons Japanese ambassador Uichiro Niwa to lodge a protest over Japan's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands. Beijing warned it will take "necessary measures" to protect its claim on the islands.
2012-09-11

Japan formally nationalizes three of the disputed Senkaku Islands.
2012-09-11

The Japanese government announces it will soon buy the disputed Senkaku Islands claimed by China (as Diaoyu Islands) and Taiwan (as Tiaoyutai Islands). Chinese leaders respond angrily.
2012-09-10

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

Japan lodges a formal protest with China after the presence of the latter's patrol boats near the disputed Senkaku Islands.
2012-07-11