China and Japan sailing ships around the disputed islands and issuing protests. Meanwhile, 100 Taiwanese ships escorted by 10 Taiwanese Coast Guard vessels are moving in to assert Taiwan's claim:

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/japan-prote...090542527.html

Water cannon battle between Japanese and Taiwanese ships:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukp...1348572069352A

The party looks set to end fairly soon, though, as a Category 5 supertyphoon is headed straight for the area:

http://www.maybagyo.com/t2kgraphsat.gif