Japan had also threatened to shoot down the rocket with land-based batteries if it seemed to endanger its territory.

日本还威胁，若火箭有威胁日本领土的迹象，日本将用地面火力击落它。

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As well as border disputes on land, China pursued maritime and island claims with Japan, and also laid claim to a great swathe of the South China Sea stretching down almost to the coast of Borneo.

除了陆地上的边境争端之外，中国继续对日本提出领海以及岛屿的主权要求，还声称对几乎延伸到婆罗洲海岸的南中国海的大部分区域拥有主权。

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This time of year off the coast of Japan, they would mix with water down 100 feet to 300 feet, and be diluted by a factor of about 100.

在日本沿海，在一年中的这个时候，他们会混入到100至300英尺深的海水中，并且被稀释大约100倍。

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Shares in Asia also closed down sharply, with Japan's main Nikkei index suffering its biggest one-day drop since the 1987 stock market crash and Hong Kong's Hang Seng slumping to a three-year low.

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The market selloff continued in early trading Tuesday in Asia, with Japan down 1.3%, Korea down 0.5% and Australia down 0.8%.

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Most Asian indexes plunged on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei down 3.4% and China's Hang Seng index down 5.4%.

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