Japan

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In this Sunday Aug. 19, 2012 photo, anti-Japan protesters march in Harbin, in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province. An unauthorized landing by Japanese activists on a tiny island in what the Japanese call the Senkaku chain - and the Chinese call the Diaoyu - sparked an outpouring of anger and anti-Japanese protests across China and fueled calls for aggressive government action that some fear could lead to a dangerous escalation of tensions. (AP Photo)

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Anti-Japan protesters march Sunday in China. Japanese activists swam ashore and raised flags Sunday on an island claimed by both Japan and China. (Associated Press)

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Japanese coast guard officers patrol in a rubber boat as Japanese activists hang their national flag on a small lighthouse and its perimeter on Uotsuri, the largest island in a small archipelago known in Japan as the Senkaku Islands and in China as the Diaoyu Islands, on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

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The Rev. Sun Myung Moon speaking to followers in suburban Tokyo Japan in 1969. Courtesy H.S.A.-U.W.C.

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Protesters hold anti-Japan placards outside the Japanese Consulate General in Hong Kong on Wednesday. A dispute with China and South Korea over islands has long been a source of tension in the region and have threatened to boil over in recent weeks. The placards read: “Overturn Japanese militarism.” (Associated Press)