Jiji Press

Japan lodged a protest with China on Monday over a Chinese naval vessel sailing near disputed islands, a Japanese official said, as reports emerged of Russia also sending its own navy ship to the area.

The islets in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku by Tokyo and the Diaoyu by Beijing, are at the centre of a long-running dispute between Japan and China.

The ballot boxes in Turkish missions abroad closed for voting late Oct. 25 for the Nov. 1 snap elections following a scuffle that injured 12 people during polling at the Turkish Embassy to Tokyo on Oct. 25. 

At least 12 people were injured in a scuffle between Turks and Kurds as hundreds of Turkish citizens gathered Oct. 25 at their embassy in Tokyo to vote in a general election, reports said.

TV footage showed police breaking up the fight outside the mission as voting for the Nov. 1 election began early in the Japanese capital.

Japan will announce a $100 billion plan to invest in roads, bridges, railways and other building projects in Asia, a report said May 19, weeks after China outlined its vision for a new infrastructure development bank in the region.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on March 10 urged Japan to resolve issues surrounding Tokyo's system of wartime sex slavery, her second foray into the delicate issue of East Asia's history.