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Hundreds of Japanese businesses and the country's embassy suspended services in聽聽on Tuesday, expecting further escalation in violent protests over a territorial dispute between聽's two biggest economies.

's worst outbreak of anti-聽sentiment in decades led to protests and attacks on Japanese companies such as car makers Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co, forcing them to halt operations and prompting Chinese state media to warn that trade relations could deteriorate.

More protests continued across聽聽on Tuesday, which marks the anniversary of聽's 1931 occupation of parts of mainland聽.

Hundreds of protesters had gathered outside聽聽again on Tuesday, some throwing water bottles at the building, which was protected by a heavy police presence, Reuters witnesses said.

聽was also bolstering its defences around the disputed聽聽Sea islands after state media reported a flotilla of around 1,000 Chinese fishing boats was sailing towards them.

The Japanese coast guard said it has so far been unable to confirm the arrival of the fishing boats, but it spotted one Chinese fisheries patrol ship in waters near the disputed islands shortly before 7 a.m. (2200 GMT)

罢丑别听聽has set up an information-gathering operation to monitor the movements of the Chinese fishing boats.

听补苍诲听, which generated two-way trade of $345 billion last year, are arguing over the uninhabited islets in the聽聽Sea, a long-standing dispute that erupted last week when the聽聽decided to nationalise some of them, buying them from a private Japanese owner.

The weekend protests mainly targeted Japanese diplomatic missions but also shops, restaurants and car dealerships in at least five cities.

Toyota and Honda said arsonists had badly damaged their stores in the eastern port city of聽at the weekend.

On Tuesday, Toyota said it plans to halt operations at some of its factories in聽, Kyodo news agency reported.

Other major Japanese brandname firms announced similar shutdowns on Monday and urged expatriates to stay indoors.