ພາບໝູ່ເກາະ Senkaku ຫລື Diaoyu

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's PC3 surveillance plane flies above Uotsuri Jima/Diaoyu Dao Island, October 13, 2011.

A view of Uotsuri island from the Tokyo city government's survey ship, September 2, 2012.

Tokyo city government ships surround Minami Kojima / Nan Xiaodao island, September 2, 2012.

A view of Minami Kojima / Nan Xiaodao island, September 2, 2012.

Japanese nationalists raise flags on Uotsuri island, August 19, 2012

Protests have been taking place since the 1990s. Chou Ching-chun burns a Japanese flag outside Japan's unofficial embassy in Taipei, Sept. 5, 1996 to protest Tokyo's claim to the islands.

Uotsuri Jima / Diaoyu Dao island seen from a fishing boat.

A view of Kita Kojima / Bei Xiaodao island, September 2, 2012.

Protests against Japan's decision to purchase the disputed islands take place in Shenzhen, China, September 16, 2012.