Japan, China islands disputes deepen with landings, protests


A protester (R) yells anti-Japan slogans as he holds a stick in front of a banner on a commercial street in Wuhan, Hubei province August 18, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer

EAST CHINA SEA (Reuters) - Several Japanese nationalists landed on Sunday on a rocky island in the East China Sea at the heart of a territorial row with Beijing, sparking protests in several Chinese cities and a diplomatic rebuke from Beijing.

Tokyo and Beijing have been feuding for decades over the island chain, known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China, near potentially huge maritime gas fields.

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