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Jstanley01
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Japan to buy disputed East China Sea islands
Sep 5, 2012 - 01:51

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has agreed to buy disputed East China Sea islets, claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing, from their private Japanese owners, Japanese media said on Wednesday, a move likely to fuel tensions between Asia's two largest economies.

The uninhabited islands, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, have long been a source of friction. Japan and China have competing territorial claims to the islets and surrounding fishing areas and potentially rich gas deposits...

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/interna....

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China is gonna be freaking*****ed. IMO they won't just go with words this time.

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http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2012/09....
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Gov't decides to bring Senkaku Islands under state control

And so it begins.

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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/response-j....
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In Response To Japanese "Antagonism" Over Senkaku Islands, China Dispatches Two Patrol Ships

Here we go.

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