BEIJING: China's dispute with Japan over tiny, Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea is heating up again, with both sides accusing the other of infringing on their maritime territory.

China says the islands belong to it and refuses to recognize Japan's claim to the uninhabited chain known as the Senkakus in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. Taiwan also claims the islands, which it calls Diaoyutai, but has signed access agreements for its fishermen with Japan and does not actively take part in the dispute.

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