The islands are at the center of a bilateral territorial dispute between Tokyo and Beijing.
The territorial dispute has affected both political and trade ties between the two neighbours.
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Every country with a shore in the region is a party to at least one territorial dispute.
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At the same time, the firm has also been hit by the territorial dispute between Japan and China.
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Toyota's sales have suffered in China, where anti-Japanese sentiments flared up over a territorial dispute in recent months.
Japan is currently embroiled in a separate territorial dispute with Beijing over islands in the East China Sea.
In addition, concerns still linger regarding the territorial dispute between Japan and China.
Bolivia broke off diplomatic relations with Chile over the territorial dispute in 1978.
However, the carmaker does face some potential hurdles, not least from the continuing territorial dispute between Japan and China.
The nub of the territorial dispute has narrowed down to the blocks' size.
The territorial dispute over Kashmir that sparked two of those wars remains unresolved.
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Earlier this month two militias fought each other in a territorial dispute near the town of Zawiya, west of Tripoli.
Even Moldova's territorial dispute, involving its Slav minority in Transdniestria (see article), scarcely sparks the imagination of foreign mediators.
Even less tractable is Russia's territorial dispute with Japan, the obvious country to open up the Russian east for development.
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And the two sides have found resource potential in part of the sea that should be sheltered from the territorial dispute.
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They recently withheld rare earth exports to Japan over a territorial dispute, a wake-up call for America and other dependent users.
Chinese consumers like Japanese technology, but feel strongly about the territorial dispute that is playing out in the East China Sea.
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They have been hurt by a territorial dispute between Beijing and Japan over a group of islands in the East China Sea.
He added that the deal had no relation to the territorial dispute.
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Nissan's sales in China have been hurt by a territorial dispute between Japan and China which has hit sales of Japanese products.
The industry has also been hurt by a Chinese consumer boycott of Japanese brands stemming from a territorial dispute between Beijing and Tokyo.
The market place is also uneasy regarding a serious territorial dispute between China and Japan regarding ownership of a small chain of islands.
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Media in China have welcomed Washington's low-key public stance on the East China Sea territorial dispute during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's US visit.
Mr Minami said an ongoing territorial dispute with China over islands is the East China Sea was also a cause for concern going forward.
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Toyota's sales are plunging in China, the world's biggest auto market, because of a territorial dispute that has set off anti-Japanese sentiments, rallies and boycotts.
Turning to regional news, China voices opposition to the Philippines seeking international arbitration on a South China Sea territorial dispute, China Central Television reports.
To make matters more complicated, Beijing is involved in a territorial dispute with Japan, and it has started to hurt bi-lateral trade between the two.
Mr Abe, elected in December for his second stint as Japanese leader, said Japan would proceed in a "calm manner" in a territorial dispute with China.
The top US East Asia diplomat, Kurt Campbell, on Thursday said that the US will urge "caution and care" in the East China Sea territorial dispute.
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