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President of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou praises the flotilla of fishermen that sailed to waters around Senkaku Islands earlier in the week in order to assert Taiwan's territorial claim. [http:--www3.nhk.or.jp-daily-english-20120927_24.html (NHK World)]date=August 2019
2012-09-27

Former prime minister and newly-elected leader of the LDP Shinzo Abe declares that relations between China and Japan are "inseverable". [http:--news.xinhuanet.com-english-world-2012-09-26-c_123766533.htm (Xinhua)] [http:--www3.nhk.or.jp-daily-english-20120928_01.html (NHK World)]date=August 2019
2012-09-27

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda addresses the UNGA by stating that Japan is committed to a "peaceful solution" to its territorial disputes, but that it intends to "fulfill its responsibility" to protecting its sovereignty.
2012-09-26

Protesters in Beijing surround a car transporting US ambassador to China Gary Locke and attack it as it tried to make its way into the gate of the Japanese embassy.
2012-09-19

China dispatches 1000 fishing boats to the Senkaku Islands to counter Japan's nationalization of the islands. Six Chinese surveillance ships may join them.
2012-09-17

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

China's Ministry of Defence says the nationalization of the disputed Senkaku Islands by Japan is "illegal and invalid"; that it would closely monitor the "evolution of the situation" and "reserve the right to take reciprocal measures".
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

At least 10 Japanese nationalist activists land on the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, amid a dispute between China and Japan.
2012-08-19