Japan says it will charge them on illegal entry of Japanese territory but China wants Japan to unconditionally release those people immediately or face serious consequences. Both China and Japan claim the sovereignty on the island.

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Japan's Kyodo News reported on August 16, the Japanese government may be on board 14 of the Diaoyu Islands after the Okinawa Prefecture police and 11 district headquarters of the Maritime Security "arrest" Diaoyu mandatory repatriation, such as to invoke the old cases, these people willin the evening of the 17th to be "repatriated" back to China.

Vice Minister Fu Ying, Chinese Foreign Ministry summoned the Japanese Ambassador on the 15th Niwa Koizumi of Japan on the Diaoyu Islands illegally snatch Chinese citizens do to the Japanese side made ​​solemn representations. Fu Ying reiterated its position of sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands, and urged Japan to ensure the safety of the 14 Chinese citizens and the immediate and unconditional release.