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Japan has protested a record 92-hour presence of Chinese coast guard vessels in waters near the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, while China claims it expelled four Japanese fishing boats from the ...

Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Hiromasa Nakano speaks to crew members of the Yaeyama, a Japan Coast Guard vessel that patrols around the Senkaku Islands, in Ishigaki, Okinawa ...

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China has expelled several Japanese fishing vessels that had allegedly entered China's territorial waters. The Chinese Coast Guard has accused the boats of unlawfully entering the disputed waters ...