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)
CHINA-JAPAN-DIPLOMACY-DISPUTE(09 of10)
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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)
TOKYO - NOVEMBER 23: A man watches as a Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) refueling ship returns at Harumi Pier November 23, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan. The Ship Tokiwa returned from their mission to refuel U.S. and other ships in the Indian Ocean, as the Anti Terrorism Special Measure Law expired on November 1. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Japan Withdraws JMSDF From Indian Sea(16 of18)
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INDIAN SEA - UNDATED: (ATTENTION EDITORS: THE JAPANESE MILITARY REMOVED NAMING INFORMATION FROM THE SHIP BEING REFUELLED)In this undated handout picture released by Japan\'s Ministry of Defense, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) ship \'Hamana\' (L) conducts a refueling activity on the Indian Sea. As \'Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law\' expired today, Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed his disapointment during a press conference at Ministry of Defense on November 1, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan expressing his disappointment on withdrawal of the ships. (Photo by Ministry of Defense/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Japan Tests Standard Missile-3(17 of18)
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AT SEA - DECEMBER 17: In this handout photo released by the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) is launched from the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JS Kongo on December 17, 2007 off Kauai Island, Hawaii. The SM-3 is designed to intercept ballistic missiles beyond the earth\'s atmosphere and was succesful in destroying a US test medium range missile in space above the Pacific Ocean. The test was seen as reinforcing the development of security co-operation between Japan and the United States. (Photo by Japan Maritime Self Defense Force via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
JMSDF Convoy "Murasame" Departs For The Indian Ocean(18 of18)
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YOKOSUKA, JAPAN - JANUARY 24: Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) convoy \'Murasame\' departs for the Indian Ocean from their Headquarter Yokosuka District on January 24, 2008 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. The refueling operation resume after the Diet passed the Replenishment Support Special Measures Law, two months after the Anti Terrorism Special Measure Law expired. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)