Away from a diplomatic row between Tokyo and Beijing over disputed islets, and all is quiet on the Japanese island of Ishigaki.<br/> <br />Just 90 miles (145 kilometres) away sits the island chain at the centre of a territorial dispute.<br/> <br />Tensions have recently flared, with days of angry protests in China, and Chinese patrol ships sailing to the area in the East China Sea.<br/> <br />Some Japanese fishermen here, who sometimes enter the waters, said they were weary of the dispute heating up.<br/> <br />But many insisted it was business as usual.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: LOCAL FISHERMAN WHO DECLINED TO GIVE HIS NAME AND HAS BEEN FISHING FROM ISHIGAKI FOR 45 YEARS, SAYING (Japanese):<br/> <br />"It's just the same as always - the Chinese patrol boats don't come right up to the islands, but they've been coming into the waters around them every year."<br/> <br />Known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, the island chain is part of a long running row.<br/> <br />The islets are believed to be in an area potentially rich in oil and gas fields.
