According to Japan’s 11th District Coast Guard Headquarters (Naha City), on October 11, at approximately 10:47 to 48 a.m., two Chinese Coast Guard vessels entered the area that Japan considers to be territorial waters in the sea of Taishojima Island (known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan) in Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture, one after the other. Showing movement to approach Japanese fishing boats (9-7 tons, crew of 3) on the surface of the island, Japanese Coast Guard patrol vessels entered between the Chinese Coast Guard vessels and the fishing boats to ensure the safety of the Japanese fishing boats. This is the first time since August 28 that a Chinese Coast Guard vessel has entered an area that Japan considers to be its territorial waters.
Japan and China have recently had another confrontation over the Diaoyu Islands.
On October 1, Ishigaki City in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, changed the name of the address of the Diaoyu Islands (known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan) included in the administrative division of the city from “Tono Castle” to “Tono Castle Senkaku”. The city council passed the name change bill by a majority vote in June. Mainland China and Taiwan, which claim sovereignty over the islands, have protested and opposed the change.
The “National Marine Information Center” under the State Oceanic Administration of China has officially launched the online Diaoyu Islands Digital Museum on October 3 on the Diaoyu Islands website (www.diaoyudao.org.cn). The Diaoyu Islands Digital Museum was officially launched online.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said at a press conference before noon on October 5 that he had asked the Chinese government through diplomatic channels to remove the site.
Kato pointed out that there is no reason for the Chinese side to make a website about the Senkaku Islands, an inherent territory of our country. Such a unilateral claim based on the Chinese side is totally unacceptable.
At a regular press conference hosted by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying on October 9, a reporter from the Global Times asked: “On October 5, in response to China’s Diaoyu Islands Digital Museum, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said, “China is not qualified to open a website related to the Diaoyu Islands, and the Japanese side has expressed its protest through diplomatic channels. I also learned that on October 1, Ishigaki City in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan launched a new name for the so-called “administrative division” of the Diaoyu Islands. Can the opening of the Digital Museum of China’s Diaoyu Islands be understood as China’s response to Japan’s so-called “name change”?
The Diaoyu Islands and its dependent islands are China’s inherent territory, which is based on sufficient historical and legal grounds. The Chinese side opened the Diaoyu Islands Digital Museum based on its sovereignty position, and the Japanese side has no right to say anything about it.
The Japanese side attempts to provoke China’s territorial sovereignty through the so-called “name change”, which is illegal and invalid, and cannot change the fact that the Diaoyu Islands belong to China.
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