Reuters/Tokyo Prime Minister Yoshihiko Nodas effort to nationalise a chain of disputed islands long a source of friction between Japan and China faced rough going after the isles owners said yesterday that they would keep negotiating their sale to Tokyos governor. The stance by the Kurihara family, which owns four of the five uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, complicates Nodas efforts to dampen friction between the two Asian giants over the islands, claimed by China, Taiwan and Japan and located near rich fishing grounds and potential gas and oil fields Continue reading →