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NHK
27-05-2025
- General
- NHK
Beijing rejects Tokyo's protest over survey ship activities in Japan's EEZ
China has rejected Japan's protest over a Chinese vessel's activities in Japan's exclusive economic zone near its southernmost island. The Japan Coast Guard says it detected a Chinese maritime research ship conducting activities near Okinotorishima in the Pacific on Monday without prior consent from Tokyo. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa said Tuesday that the government lodged a protest with the Chinese side. He said maritime scientific surveys without Japan's consent are not allowed and should be stopped immediately. In response, Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters on Tuesday that Okinotorishima is a reef, not an island. She added that an EEZ or a continental shelf cannot be established around it. She reiterated China's previous argument, saying that Japan's claim violates international law. The spokesperson also maintained that China's activities are an exercise of freedom of the high seas, and Japan has no right to interfere.
South China Morning Post
27-05-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Japan accuses China of unauthorised research in its waters
Japan has accused China of conducting unnotified maritime scientific research within its exclusive economic zone around its southernmost island in the Pacific Ocean, Tokyo said on Tuesday. The alleged activity took place on Monday near the remote atoll of Okinotorishima in the Philippine Sea roughly halfway between Taiwan and Guam . Beijing has said the atoll does not constitute an island. Japan's coastguard on Monday spotted a Chinese maritime survey vessel 'extending what appeared to be a wire into the waters in Japan's exclusive economic zone' 270km (167 miles) east of Okinotori island, government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters. 'As the maritime scientific research by the vessel has not obtained Japan's agreement, the coastguard demanded that the activity stops and we lodged a protest with the Chinese side through a diplomatic channel,' Hayashi said. The Chinese vessel left Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) at around 10.45pm on Monday, Hayashi said. Under international law, a coastal state has rights to the management of natural resources and other economic activities within its EEZ, which is within 200 nautical miles (370km) of its coastlines.
NHK
27-05-2025
- Science
- NHK
Chinese survey ship spotted acting in Japan's EEZ without consent
The Japan Coast Guard says it detected a Chinese maritime research ship engaging in activities in Japan's exclusive economic zone near its southernmost island without obtaining prior consent from Tokyo. Coast Guard officials said their patrolling aircraft spotted the ship about 270 kilometers east of Okinotorishima Island in the Pacific at about 5:40 p.m. on Monday. The officials added that the ship was sailing while putting what appeared to be a wire into the ocean. The Coast Guard aircraft radioed the vessel in Japanese, Chinese and other languages, telling it to stop its activities. It warned that research activities without obtaining consent from Japan cannot be allowed in the area. The vessel reportedly left the EEZ about 5 hours later. The Coast Guard is continuing to patrol the area. The officials said the last time a Chinese research ship was found conducting activities without Japan's prior consent in the EEZ near the island was on January 1 2024. This latest activity marks the ninth such occurrence in the past decade.
