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The Mainichi
12-05-2025
- Politics
- The Mainichi
Chinese vessel may have conducted marine survey near Senkakus
FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- A Chinese research vessel was seen lowering a pipe-like object into the sea within Japan's exclusive economic zone on Sunday, the Japan Coast Guard said. The vessel was spotted around 236 kilometers north-northeast of Taisho Island, one of the uninhabited islets that make up the Tokyo-controlled, Beijing-claimed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The Chinese vessel was radioed and urged to stop its activity, the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters said, suspecting it was conducting oceanographic research without prior consent. The coast guard said one of its patrol ships spotted the survey vessel around 6:30 a.m., and it sailed to the Chinese side of the Japan-China median line around 1:20 p.m. In October 2023, a Japanese coast guard patrol boat detected a Chinese research vessel carrying out a suspicious maneuver around 130 km northeast of Taisho Island. China's military activities and maritime assertiveness have continued to intensify in the East and South China seas and Tokyo has protested repeated intrusions by Chinese vessels into Japanese waters near the Senkakus.
Kyodo News
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Kyodo News
Chinese vessel may have conducted marine survey near Senkakus
KYODO NEWS - 19 minutes ago - 21:57 | World, All, Japan A Chinese research vessel was seen lowering a pipe-like object into the sea within Japan's exclusive economic zone on Sunday, the Japan Coast Guard said. The vessel was spotted around 236 kilometers north-northeast of Taisho Island, one of the uninhabited islets that make up the Tokyo-controlled, Beijing-claimed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The Chinese vessel was radioed and urged to stop its activity, the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters said, suspecting it was conducting oceanographic research without prior consent. The coast guard said one of its patrol ships spotted the survey vessel around 6:30 a.m., and it sailed to the Chinese side of the Japan-China median line around 1:20 p.m. In October 2023, a Japanese coast guard patrol boat detected a Chinese research vessel carrying out a suspicious maneuver around 130 km northeast of Taisho Island. China's military activities and maritime assertiveness have continued to intensify in the East and South China seas and Tokyo has protested repeated intrusions by Chinese vessels into Japanese waters near the Senkakus.
Yomiuri Shimbun
04-05-2025
- Politics
- Yomiuri Shimbun
Chinese Helicopter Violates Japan Airspace, Takes Off From Coast Guard Ship Near Senkaku Islands
Courtesy of 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters A helicopter takes off from the deck of a China Coast Guard vessel. A Chinese helicopter violated Japanese airspace after it took off from a China Coast Guard ship near the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, according to the Japan Coast Guard. The JCG confirmed that the aircraft was launched on Saturday from the vessel, which was intruding into Japan's territorial waters near Minami-Kojima Island at around 12:21 p.m. The helicopter remained in the airspace until around 12:36 p.m., when it returned to the ship. Two Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets were scrambled in response. Saturday's intrusion marked China's fourth violation of Japanese airspace, with three of the incidents occurring near the Senkaku Islands. Vice Foreign Minister Takehiro Funakoshi on Saturday lodged a strong protest with Chinese Ambassador Wu Jianghao and demanded that such incidents not be repeated. According to the Defense Ministry, a small Japanese private jet was flying in the vicinity of the Senkaku Islands at the time. The ministry believed that the Chinese helicopter may have been launched in response to the movements of that Japanese aircraft.
