61.   Teary-eyed relatives waved Japanese flags as they saw off the troops from the harbor.

62.   Some of those fans unfurled a huge Japanese flag that covered several rows of the stands in the second half.

63.   Some visitors waved little Japanese flags depicting a red sun on a backdrop of white.

64.   The fans sprinted into the arena an hour before the game, many carrying Japanese flags and noisemakers.

65.   The protesters also burned a Japanese imperial flag and carried placards demanding that Japan get out of the islands, known as Diaoyu in Chinese and Senkaku in Japanese.

66.   The protesters also burned a Japanese military flag outside the mission, which serves as an unofficial embassy in the absence of diplomatic relations.

67.   The result had been weeks of rallies in South Korea, with angry protesters burning Japanese flags.

68.   The renewed uproar was set off by a Japanese right-wing politician who visited the islands in early May and planted a Japanese flag.

69.   Then, in July, a party of militant Japanese nationalists landed on the largest islet, raised a Japanese flag and built a small aluminum lighthouse.

70.   They burned and threw eggs at reproductions of Japanese flags.