From Jessica King, CNN <\/p>\n
updated 9:07 PM EDT, Sun September 2, 2012 <\/p>\n
Japanese surveyors conduct an offshore survey from boats by the disputed island chain on Sunday. <\/p>\n
STORY HIGHLIGHTS <\/p>\n
(CNN) -- Tokyo's governor dispatched a team Sunday to survey a set of islands in the East China Sea to which both Japan and China lay claim. <\/p>\n
China's state-run media immediately declared the survey \"illegal.\" <\/p>\n
The incident is the latest in rising territorial tensions in North Asia. <\/p>\n
The uninhabited islands are known in Japan as Senkaku and in China as Diaoyu, and are privately-owned by a Japanese family. <\/p>\n
Interactive: Asia's disputed islands -- who claim's what? <\/p>\n
But both China and Japan separately claim them as part of their territory. The islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, sit among rich fishing waters and are also believed to be rich in oil resources. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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