SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 1: U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks to the travelling press about the U.S. government shutdown, at his hotel, on October 1, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. Hagel is expected to spend time in South Korea for celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the ending of the Korean War before heading to Japan for ministerial meetings. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin - Pool/Getty Images)
Anti-Japanese demonstrators march during a protest over the disputed Diaoyu islands, known as Senkaku in Japan, outside the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on September 12, 2012. China has dispatched two patrol ships to \"assert its sovereignty\" over islands at the centre of a row with Japan, state media said on September 11, as Tokyo completed its purchase of the disputed territory. AFP PHOTO / Mark RALSTON (credit:AFP時事)
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Workers from Japanese company, Meiko Electronics (Wuhan) Limited, march with anti-Japan banners during a protest against Japan\'s \"nationalizing\" of Diaoyu Islands, also called Senkaku in Japan, in Wuhan, central China\'s Hubei province, on Septermber 18, 2012. Firms ranging from electronics giants Sony and Panasonic to Japan\'s three big carmakers -- Toyota, Honda and Nissan -- temporarily halted production at some or all of their China-based plants as anger erupted over a disputed island chain claimed by Tokyo and Beijing. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (credit:AFP時事)