CHINA-JAPAN: CHINA COAST GUARD CHASES JAPANESE FISHING VESSEL INSIDE JAPAN'S TERRITORIAL WATERS

Nikkei Asia (May 10) reported the Japanese Coast Guard as saying (May 9) that two China Coast Guard ships had approached and chased a Japanese fishing vessel, which was about 12 km southwest of Uotsuri Island, within Japanese territorial waters in the East China Sea on May 8.  The Japanese Coast Guard ordered the Chinese vessels to leave the waters and deployed a patrol ship to safeguard the fishing boat, whose three crew members were unhurt. Shigeki Takizaki, Director General of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau lodged a telephonic protest with the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo. The Japanese Embassy in Beijing lodged a similar protest with the Chinese Foreign Ministry. It was the first encroachment by Chinese ships into Japanese waters around the uninhabited Senkaku Islands since April 17. The Coast Guard said two of the four Chinese Coast Guard vessels entered Japanese territorial waters again from around 6 p.m. on May 9. 





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