Kirk Spitzer, Special for USA TODAY 1:09 p.m. EST November 26, 2013
China has claimed a stretch of ocean and Japan and the USA will challenge that when a U.S. carrier battle group and Japanese warships arrive on Wednesday.
Marines walk patrol past a F-18 Super Hornet jet fighter on the deck of the USS George Washington, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that will take part in joint U.S.-Japan naval exercises Wednesday in disputed waters off the coast of Japan.(Photo: Jerome Favre, epa)
