Saturday, August 6, 2016

Japan protests after unprecedented swarm of 230 Chinese vessels enter waters near Senkakus

Tokyo lodged a protest with China on Saturday after spotting an unprecedented 230 Chinese vessels swarming waters near the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said.


The roughly 230 fishing boats and six China Coast Guard vessels were confirmed in a contiguous zone near the uninhabited islets, which are also claimed by China.

The number of fishing vessels, which appeared to be escorted by the coast guard ships, was much larger than has previously been spotted.

“This is a unilateral act that raises tensions … and it is unacceptable to us,” the Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau director-general, Kenji Kanasugi, told the Chinese Embassy in Japan, the ministry said.

Some of the coast guard vessels appeared to be equipped with guns, according to the Japan Coast Guard.

The development followed a similar incident Friday when a total of eight Chinese fishing and coast guard vessels briefly entered Japanese territorial waters around the Senkakus, prompting the ministry to summon the Chinese ambassador to lodge a protest.

Japan summoned China’s ambassador to the Foreign Ministry to lodge a strong protest hours after the Chinese fishing boats and coast guard vessels entered Japan’s territorial waters together for the first time.

Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama told Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua on Friday that the coast guard vessels’ entry into territorial waters around the islets and their activities there are a violation of Japan’s sovereignty and totally unacceptable, the ministry said...
  ==Kyodo
6/8/16
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