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Japan holds PRC island activists

STRAINED RELATIONS The territorial clash over the Senkaku/Diaoyutai islands worsened when Japan arrested seven Chinese for illegal entry

AP AND REUTERS , TOKYO

"The Senkaku islands aren't just about who owns these uninhabited islands. The area surrounding the islands is of extreme strategic importance because there are probably untapped oil resources," the national Asahi newspaper said in an editorial yesterday.

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