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- proper noun A chain of islands in the
East China Sea , the Japanese name.
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Japan has administration of the islands, which it calls the Senkaku Islands, but both
Inform - Politics Japan Times 2010
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• The bits of land that the Japanese call the Senkaku Islands and the Chinese call the Diaoyu Islands have triggered conflicts between Beijing and Tokyo before.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Friedman's Flawed Beijing Bulletin 2010
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• The bits of land that the Japanese call the Senkaku Islands and the Chinese call the Diaoyu Islands have triggered conflicts between Beijing and Tokyo before.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Friedman's Flawed Beijing Bulletin 2010
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• The bits of land that the Japanese call the Senkaku Islands and the Chinese call the Diaoyu Islands have triggered conflicts between Beijing and Tokyo before.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom: Friedman's Flawed Beijing Bulletin 2010
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The Diaoyu Islands, called Senkaku Islands by Japan, lie 167 kilometres north-east of Taiwan and 427 kilometres south-west of Japan's Okinawa island.
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The Diaoyu Islands, called Senkaku Islands by Japan, lie 167 kilometres north-east of Taiwan and 427 kilometres south-west of Japan's Okinawa island.
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The Diaoyu Islands, called Senkaku Islands by Japan, lie 167 kilometres north-east of Taiwan and 427 kilometres south-west of Japan's Okinawa island.
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Controversy over the sovereignty of the island group was re-ignited this year when a Taiwanese fishing boat sank after colliding with a Japanese patrol vessel on June 10 near the islands, known as the Senkaku Islands in Japanese.
Taipei Times 2008
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Tensions between Japan and China flared in September last year when a Chinese fishing boat crashed into Japan coast guard patrol boats in the potentially resource-rich waters near the Senkaku Islands.
Japan PM Warns on Defense Chester Dawson 2011
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Japan has a territorial headache of its own with China, over an archipelago in the East China Sea known in Japan as the Senkaku Islands and in China as Diaoyu.
Japan, Philippines Seek Tighter Ties to Counter China James Hookway 2011
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