Q&A: China-Japan islands row  One of the disputed islands, in an
image released by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force on 15
September 2010 The row concerns eight small islands or rocks in
the East China Sea  Related Stories  Ties between China and
Japan have been repeatedly strained by a territorial row over a
group of islands, known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and the
Diaoyu islands in China.  What is the row about?  At the heart
of the dispute are eight uninhabited islands and rocks in the
East China Sea. They have a total area of about 7 sq km and lie
north-east of Taiwan, east of the Chinese mainland and south-
west of Japan's southern-most prefecture, Okinawa. The islands
are controlled by Japan.   What is Japan's claim?  Japan says it
surveyed the islands for 10 years in 19th Century and determined
that they were uninhabited. On 14 January 1895 Japan erected a
sovereignty marker and formally incorporated the islands into
Japanese territory as part of the Nansei Shoto islands.  After
World War T