PHOTOS: Taiwanese boats enter disputed territorial waters

A Japan Coast Guard vessel (lower) sprays water against Taiwanese fishing boats, in the East China Sea near the Senkaku islands as known in Japanese or Diaoyu Islands in Chinese on September 25, 2012. Coastguard vessels from Japan and Taiwan duelled with water cannon after dozens of Taiwanese boats escorted by patrol ships sailed into waters around the Tokyo-controlled islands. AFP PHOTO / YOMIURI SHIMBUN JAPAN OUT (Photo credit should read YOMIURI SHIMBUN/AFP/GettyImages)

A Taiwan fishing boat (R) is blocked by a Japan Coast Guard (L) vessel near the disputed Diaoyu / Senkaku islands in the East China Sea on September 25, 2012. Coastguard vessels from Japan and Taiwan duelled with water cannon after dozens of Taiwanese boats escorted by patrol ships sailed into waters around Tokyo-controlled islands. (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/GettyImages)

A Taiwan Coast Guard boat (R-with red flag) is blocked by a Japan Coast Guard vessel (L) in the waters near the disputed Diaoyu / Senkaku islands in the East China Sea on September 25, 2012. Coastguard vessels from Japan and Taiwan duelled with water cannon after dozens of Taiwanese boats escorted by patrol ships sailed into waters around Tokyo-controlled islands. (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/GettyImages)

Two Taiwan fishing boats (front) are blocked by a Japan Coast Guard (L) vessel as they try to sail toward the disputed Diaoyu / Senkaku islands in territorial waters in the East China Sea on September 25, 2012. Coastguard vessels from Japan and Taiwan duelled with water cannon after dozens of Taiwanese boats escorted by patrol ships sailed into waters around Tokyo-controlled islands. (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/GettyImages)

Japanese and Taiwan Coast Guard vessels use water cannon as they clash near the disputed Diaoyu / Senkaku islands in territorial waters in the East China Sea on September 25, 2012. Coastguard vessels from Japan and Taiwan duelled with water cannon after dozens of Taiwanese boats escorted by patrol ships sailed into waters around Tokyo-controlled islands. (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/GettyImages)

A Japan Coast Guard (L) vessel sprays a water cannon toward a Taiwan fishing boat as they try to sail toward the disputed Diaoyu / Senkaku islands in territorial waters in the East China Sea on September 25, 2012. Coastguard vessels from Japan and Taiwan duelled with water cannon after dozens of Taiwanese boats escorted by patrol ships sailed into waters around Tokyo-controlled islands. (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/GettyImages)

Two Taiwanese fishing boats, part of a flotilla of dozens of vessels including Taiwanese Coast Guard boats, sail toward the disputed Diaoyu / Senkaku islands in the East China Sea on September 25, 2012. Coastguard vessels from Japan and Taiwan duelled with water cannon after dozens of Taiwanese boats escorted by patrol ships sailed into waters around Tokyo-controlled islands. (Photo credit SAM YEH/AFP/GettyImages)

A Japan Coast Guard (L) vessel sprays a water cannon toward a Taiwan fishing boat as they try to sail toward the disputed Diaoyu / Senkaku islands in territorial waters in the East China Sea on September 25, 2012. Coastguard vessels from Japan and Taiwan duelled with water cannon after dozens of Taiwanese boats escorted by patrol ships sailed into waters around Tokyo-controlled islands. (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/GettyImages)