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Protests grow in Tokyo over islands

2012-09-23 7 Dailymotion

A dispute between China and Japan over a string of islands in the East China Sea continues to spark protest on both sides.<br />Protests over the islands, known as the Senkaku by Japan and the Diaoyu by China, grew in Tokyo over the weekend.<br />Japan has bought the islands privately, but China says it is the rightful owner.<br />Japan believes the group of these tiny islands lies just outside Chinese waters, but Beijing draws the border differently.<br />The islands are also near rich fishing grounds and critically are thought to contain oil deposits.<br />Al Jazeera's Steve Chao reports from Tokyo, where activists led a march on the Chinese embassy.

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