Around 150 people, including Japanese lawmakers and nationalist campaigners, were preparing Saturday to sail to islands at the center of a row with China.
Up to 20 boats were expected to set sail from this far southwest island heading for an archipelago administered by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing and Taipei.
The flotilla is due to set sail on Saturday evening, a day after Japan deported 14 pro-Beijing activists who had sailed to the islands from Hong Kong.
Yasushi Watanabe, of nationalist group Gambare Nippon, told AFP eight members of parliament and 16 local politicians would be on board the boats.
He said the visit was aimed at reasserting Japanese ownership of the islands.
Because acting like a nationalistic asshole isn't confined to anyone country 150 of Japan's Demist Bulbs have decided that they can't be left of contention for the next Darwin awards. So, they will sail to the Senkaku islands to prove that yes, they just as small minded as those that came before them.
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