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April 09, 2013

Three Chinese ships in disputed waters: Japan
Tokyo (AFP) April 9, 2013
Chinese government ships were in the territorial waters of disputed Tokyo-controlled islands on Tuesday, Japan's coastguard said. The three surveillance ships were navigating in the 12-nautical-mile limit around the Senkakus, which Beijing claims and calls the Diaoyus, at around 10:00 am (0100 GMT), the coastguard said. Chinese government ships have frequently spent time around the disputed island chain since Tokyo nationalised three of the isles last September. However, the frequency of wha ... read more

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