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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

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

Japan accuses three Chinese surveillance ships of entering the territorial waters of Tokyo-controlled Senkaku Islands.
2013-04-1

Japan scrambles fighter jets in response to a Chinese plane seen near the disputed Senkaku Islands, marking the first time aircraft are involved in the dispute.
2012-12-13

Dozens of Taiwanese fishing boats set sail for the disputed Senkaku Islands which are also claimed by China and Japan. [http:--mainichi.jp-english-english-newsselect-news-20120924p2g00m0dm084000c.html (Kyodo News via "Mainichi Shimbun")]date=August 2019 [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-313830-taiwan-flotilla-leaves-for-disputed-islands ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019
2012-09-24

Anti-Japanese protests spread in China over the disputed Senkaku Islands.
2012-09-15

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

Japan is to deport 14 pro-China activists who landed on the disputed Senkaku Islands.
2012-08-16

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