Japan insists owns disputed islands

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TOKYO, Sept 28 (AP): Japan reiterated its stance Tuesday that it owns a disputed island chain at the centre of a bitter row with China, insisting "no territorial issue exists".
Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, speaking in parliament, also said that the arrest of a Chinese fishing boat captain that sparked the dispute was appropriate, Kyodo News and other media reported.
The skipper, who was released last week, was arrested on September 8 after colliding with two Japanese coastguard boats in the East China Sea near the island chain known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.