AFP, TOKYO Ships from Japan’s and China’s coast guards yesterday faced off near disputed islands, with each claiming they drove out the other’s vessels that had intruded into their territorial waters.The incident took place near uninhabited islands claimed as the Senkakus in Japan and Diaoyutai (釣魚台) in Taiwan and China, which sit between Taiwan and Okinawa and have caused diplomatic tensions for decades.The Japan’s coast guard said it expelled two Chinese ships as they approached a Japanese fishing vessel sailing in the area. An undated photo shows a Japan Coast Guard vesel, and a China Coast Guard ship. File photo courtesy of Japan Coast Guard via AFP China’s coast guard said separately that it drove out a Japanese fishing boat that “intruded into” waters around the islands.Relations bet