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Flag ripped off of Japanese envoy car in Beijing
In Beijing, two cars forced embassador Uichiro Niwa's car to stop, which a man jumped out and ripped the flag off. Later, the Chinese foreign ministry proclaimed in "deep regret".
Though later, the Japanese foreign ministry claimed that, there was traffic and the word "attacked" was too strong. Even though, the Chinese people didn't report this issue, the Japanese Kyodo agency expressed China is in great regret.
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Two held in China over attack to Japanese envoy car
On Aug. 27, two men lounged an attack on Ambassador Uichiro Niwa, in which they ripped off the Japanese flag off of the car. Two men have been arrested for this issue, and the agency has claimed that these two have admitted this crime. These two men are aged 23 and 25, and now they are held for disturbing public order.
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Japanese government "reaches a deal to buy" disputed islands
Japanese government is saying they will pay 2.05bn yen to buy the islands, also known as Senkaku islands. There is not yet a confirmation from the officials, but then outspoken Tokyo governor is also seeking to buy the islands. Shintaro ishihara, retired governor, has been collecting donations from the public in order to purchase the islands. Therefore now, japan is being called as "two-faced" for this.
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Chinese Ship Enters Disputed Islands
Six Chinese surveillance ships have entered the water of the disputed islands. As they have spoken it of as a "law enforcement". This has been done after Japan has purchased three of the disputed islands.
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Japan Urges China to Stop Anti-Japanese Attacks
In the past few days, dozens of protests has been happening in several cities in China. There also has been some attacks in China, Beijing against Japanese brand products. Japanese business and citizens in China has been targeted. Therefore Mr Nova has spoken, "We want [China] to oversee the situation so that at least Japanese citizens and businesses in China will not be in danger,We will continue to take a resolute attitude."
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Toyota and Nissan scale back production in China
Japanese carmakers, Nissan and Toyota plans on cutting the amount of product given to China. Nissan said the output would stop from Thu. and three days earlier than a planned holiday closure. Toyota has said that it was reducing output because of a slwodown in demand. But neither Toyota and Nissan has provided a exact umber of exactly how much product they are holding back. Also, China is Japan's biggest trading partner and a key market for its goods.
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Chinese bank governor skips key meeting in Japan
Chinese governor representatives have skipped the meetings of International Monetary Fund(IMF) and of the World Bank held in Japan. Chinese four state-owned banks have also skipped the meetings. Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the People's Bank of China, skipped with the excuse of having schedule problems. Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren has also skipped the meetings, saying the Vice-Minister Zhu Guangyao would attend instead.
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Chinese internet shows protest
China's famous search engine, Baidu has made its avatar at its Home page to be the islands, Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. By clicking into the image, it takes the user to a separate page showing,"The Diaoyu islands belong to China." Also, the user can make their own digital version of the islands.
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Nissan cuts full-year profit
After the great decrease in sales, Nissan company has deicded to cut a 20% profit sent to China, which is about 1.35 million vehicles to 1.175 million. Among all of the carmakers in China of Japan, Nissan has been the most harmed company. But as the chief operating officer, Toshiyuki Shiga has said, "We are gradually seeing signs of recovery Customers are gradually coming back to dealership."
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Japan namesnew ambassador to China
Diplomat Masato Kitera, 59 will be planned to visit Beijing next month to have an appointment with the ties between the two sides. Earlier, when Japan bought islands from their private owners, China was angered. This caused ant-Japan protests in Chinese cities and hit trade ties.
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Chinese ships enter near disputed waters
On Tuesday, a Chinese government ship sailed to the territorial waters near the dispued islands. This maritime surveillance vessel entered 12-nautical-mile zone around Minimikojima,which is also part of the islands' chain. For the past two months, Chinese vessels have been seen around the waters of the disputed islands.
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