Japan’s 11th Coast Guard District Maritime Security Headquarters (Naha) said that around 4:50 a.m. on the 21st, two Chinese Coast Guard vessels sailed into what Japan considers to be “territorial waters” around the Diaoyu Islands and made another attempt to approach a Japanese fishing vessel (9.7 tons displacement) underway about 22 kilometers southeast of Kubaba Island. This is the ninth day this year that Chinese official vessels have sailed into what Japan considers to be its “territorial waters” around the Diaoyu Islands for the second day in a row. two marine police vessels sailed out of what Japan considers to be its “territorial waters” around 11:05 a.m. on the same day.
Around 10:15 a.m. on the 20th, two Chinese Coast Guard ships sailed into what Japan considers to be “territorial waters” near the Diaoyu Islands, and The Japanese side said, “Each sailed for about 1 hour and 50 minutes before entering the contiguous zone off the territorial waters. This is 16 since the Chinese civil servants again sailed into the Diaoyu Islands near the area that Japan considers to be “territorial waters”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Asia and Oceania Director Kenyu Funakoshi 20 to the Chinese Embassy in Japan cadres raised a protest.
China News Agency reported on the 20th: the Chinese Maritime Police Bureau on the 20th public information shows that the Chinese Maritime Police fleet of ships in China’s Diaoyu Islands territorial waters patrol that day.
On February 20, 2021, a formation of 2302 ships of the Chinese Coast Guard patrolled within the territorial waters of China’s Diaoyu Islands. This is the second Time since 2021 that Chinese officials announced the information of patrolling in the territorial waters of the Diaoyu Islands.
Recently, the Chinese Coast Guard ships have made successive moves to approach the Japanese fishing boat. Today, the Japanese fishing boat was carrying three people, and when the Chinese Coast Guard ships tried to approach the fishing boat, the Japanese Coast Guard patrol ships surrounded the fishing boat and protected it.
The Japanese side pointed out that two other Chinese maritime police ships were sailing in the contiguous zone outside the territorial waters. One of them carried a device similar to a machine gun.
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