According to Japan’s 11th District Maritime Security Headquarters, four Chinese Coast Guard vessels sailed in the “adjacent area” around the Diaoyu Islands in the outer territorial waters on the 14th and again on the 15th. 1301″, and “Marine Police 1305”, “Marine Police 2502”, “Marine Police 6303”, which are loaded with similar machine guns. The Japanese Coast Guard patrol ship warned “Do not approach the territorial waters”.
In response, the Japanese Prime Minister’s official residence has set up an official residence countermeasures room in the crisis management center to analyze the movements of the Chinese marine police ships.
The Chinese naval police ship made an attempt to approach a Japanese fishing boat sailing in the sea about 22 kilometers south-southeast of Minamijima. Sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed that a serious protest has been made to the Chinese government, asking the marine police ship to leave quickly.
The 11th District Maritime Security Headquarters did not disclose the Japanese fishing boat belongs to the fishing association, etc., but the source said that the morning of the 15th, carrying Ishigaki City Councilors and other two people fishing boat from Ishigaki Island fishing port, sailing to the Diaoyu Islands around.
Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi held telephone talks with Lloyd Austin, the newly inaugurated Secretary of Defense in the Biden administration, on January 24. Regarding the Diaoyu Islands, the two sides confirmed that the defense of the Diaoyu Islands is the subject of Article V of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, which stipulates U.S. defense obligations.
Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi also said at the Feb. 8 budget committee meeting about the activities of the Chinese Coast Guard Bureau that if it is difficult for the Coast Guard to respond then the Self-Defense Forces will respond. He said that if it is equivalent to a forceful attack from the outside, then the SDF “will accept the order of defense deployment and respond”.
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