Airlines from China and Japan have cut or delayed flights between the two countries as tensions mount between the region's two largest economies over a dispute centred on an uninhabited group of islands in the East China Sea.
China Eastern Airlines, one of China's top three carriers, said it would delay the launch of a new route between Shanghai and Sendai, which was scheduled to start on October 18, due to insufficient passenger demand.
Taiwan ship nears disputed isles
A protest ship from Taiwan joined around a dozen state-owned Chinese vessels in waters near Japan-administered islands on Friday as a territorial row rumbled on.
The Taiwan-registered ship was spotted 44 kilometres (28 miles) off Uotsurijima, the largest island in a group known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.
Banners reading "Protect Diaoyu" and "Get back Diaoyu" in Chinese were seen on board.
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