TOKYO: Japan's coast guard ordered a Chinese survey ship on Tuesday (Mar 31) to cease operations near some disputed islands, saying Tokyo had not given permission for it to conduct research there. The uninhabited Senkaku Islands between Taiwan and Japan's Okinawa are administered by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing, which calls them the Diaoyu. They have figured for decades into bilateral tensions, which have worsened since Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made comments about Taiwan in