Around 4:15 a.m. on the 16th, two vessels of the Chinese Coast Guard Bureau sailed into what Japan considers to be “territorial waters” near the Diaoyu Islands and made an attempt to approach a Japanese fishing boat underway about 22 kilometers south-southeast of Taisho Island. The Japanese side deployed patrol boats around the fishing vessel to ensure its safety.
The Japanese fishing boat (9.97 tons displacement) was carrying four people, while one of the Chinese Coast Guard Bureau’s marine police ships carried a machine gun-like device.
After May 2020, Japanese fishing boats were chased by Chinese Coast Guard vessels while fishing in the waters of the Diaoyu Islands, and there were several instances of Chinese Coast Guard vessels approaching Japanese fishing boats in May, July, August, October and December of that year.
After China’s Marine Police Law, which allows the Marine Police Bureau to use weapons, came into effect on February 1, marine police ships began to enter what Japan considers “territorial waters” near the Diaoyu Islands on February 6, and on February 6, about 22 kilometers south of Minamijima Island, the marine police ships turned their bows toward the fishing boats and made an attempt to approach them.
The same thing happened on the 14th and 15th, but on the 15th and 16th, it was a different Japanese fishing vessel and a different Chinese Coast Guard ship. Japan’s 11th District Maritime Security Headquarters (Naha) issued a news release on the 15th, two Chinese Coast Guard Bureau vessels from about 1:30 pm into the Senkaku Islands (China called the Diaoyu Islands) around Japan’s territorial waters, about 22 kilometers south-southeast of the southern islets of the sea on the sailing of a Japanese fishing boat made an attempt to approach the action. Sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed that a solemn protest was made to the Chinese government, asking the marine police ship to leave quickly.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also protested to the Chinese government on the morning of the 16th about the marine police ship sailing into the area that Japan considers to be “territorial waters” and asked to leave quickly.
The entry of the Coast Guard ship into the waters of the Diaoyu Islands on the 16th was the seventh day this year that the Chinese Coast Guard ship sailed into what Japan considers to be its “territorial waters,” and the third day in a row that the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has protested to the Chinese government over the entry of the Chinese Coast Guard ship into what Japan considers to be its “territorial waters” and its It is also the third consecutive day that Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has protested to China for the entry of Chinese maritime police ships into what Japan considers to be its “territorial waters” and their attempt to approach Japanese fishing vessels.
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