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What Japan and China stand to gain, and lose, in Senkaku

What Japan and China stand to gain, and lose, in Senkaku.

China livid after Japan 'buys' disputed Senkaku Islands from private owner

Japan has reportedly struck a deal to buy the disputed Senkaku Islands, in the East China Sea, from their private owner.

Senkaku dispute: Japan uses water cannons on Taiwan ships

As many as 50 Taiwanese boats entered waters that Japan claimed around the Senkaku Islands on Tuesday.

An activist holds the Japanese flag before a group placed the country's flag on a disputed island, part of a group known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese.

Antoine Bouthier

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