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Anti-Japan demonstrators overturn a Japanese-made car in Suzhou, China, last month after Japan nationalized islands that both nations claim but Japan controls. Sales of Japanese-made vehicles nose-dived in China, and a new report predicts a 70 percent drop October through December. (The Associated Press)
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Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher announces his retirement from Formula One at the end of the 2012 season during a press conference at the Suzuka Circuit venue for the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix in Suzuka, Japan, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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“If we have some cracks in the bilateral relationship between Japan and Korea, then it will affect the whole security situation in Asia,” South Korean official Hong Sungmog said Tuesday. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, after reshuffling his Cabinet for the third time this year in hopes of boosting flagging public support for his government. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (left) listens Sept. 17, 2012, to a question from U.S. military personnel stationed at Yokota in Japan. Panetta, who is on the first official stop of a three nation tour to Japan, China and New Zealand, says that U.S. and Japanese officials have agreed to put a second missile defense system in Japan. The exact location has not yet been determined. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta (right) speaks to reporters aboard his aircraft on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, on the way to official visits to Japan, China and New Zealand. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)
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Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano of Japan addresses the media during a news conference after a meeting of the IAEA board of governors at the International Center, in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
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A protester demonstrating against Japan's claim to disputed islands holds a picture of the rocky islands, known as Senkaku to Japanese and Diaoyu to Chinese, on Sept. 11, 2012 in front of a Chinese national flag during a rally outside the Japanese Consulate General in Hong Kong. The sign reads "Diaoyu belongs to China." (Associated Press)
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The Chinese activists who were deported from Japan celebrate with supporters after their fishing boat docks in Hong Kong last month. A group of Hong Kong activists deported from Japan after landing on disputed islands in the East China Sea returned home to a hero’s welcome. (Associated Press)
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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)
