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The Mainichi
29-05-2025
- Business
- The Mainichi
China removes remaining buoy from Japan's exclusive economic zone
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- China has removed a buoy it had installed inside Japan's exclusive economic zone off a remote southwestern island, the Japan Coast Guard said Wednesday, meaning all such objects that had irked Tokyo have been cleared from its EEZ. The Japanese government said in December that it spotted a new buoy south of Yonaguni Island, which is located about 100 kilometers from Taiwan. But on its website on Wednesday, the coast guard referred to the buoy east of Taiwan as "nonexistent." According to a Japanese government source, Chinese ships began work to remove the buoy on Tuesday and it was no longer there on Wednesday. In an apparent gesture to improve strained ties with the neighboring country, China said in February it had moved a buoy placed inside Japan's EEZ near the Tokyo-controlled, Beijing-claimed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The Japanese government has repeatedly called for the removal of the buoys. The EEZ extends some 370 kilometers from Japanese shores.
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
12-05-2025
- Business
- Kyodo News
Kyodo News Digest: May 12, 2025
KYODO NEWS - 16 minutes ago - 09:00 | All, Japan, World The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Japan PM wary of pre-election inflation-fighting consumption tax cut TOKYO - Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed caution about a consumption tax cut as an inflation relief step on Sunday, suggesting such a reduction in tax revenue would cause a serious drain on state coffers. Senior officials of his administration and ruling Liberal Democratic Party have been dismissive of a cut in the consumption tax -- at 8 percent for food and beverages and 10 percent for other items -- as the coalition government looks to put together an economic package ahead of the House of Councillors election this summer. ---------- Chinese vessel may have conducted marine survey near Senkakus FUKUOKA - 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. ---------- Japan, Chile leaders reaffirm free trade importance amid U.S. tariffs TOKYO - The leaders of Japan and Chile on Sunday reaffirmed the importance of free trade as both countries feel the impact of tariffs unleashed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. In a meeting with Chilean President Gabriel Boric, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed his intent to further deepen bilateral cooperation under the Trans-Pacific Partnership framework. Both countries are TPP members. ---------- Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan from S. Korea after 12 years NAGASAKI - A 14th-century Buddhist statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to a Japanese temple on Monday, ending a dispute that had contributed to bilateral friction, a source close to the matter said. The statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, owned by Kannon Temple on Tsushima, a Nagasaki Prefecture island, was handed over in South Korea to people representing the Japanese temple on Saturday. The artifact is designated as a cultural asset by the prefecture. ---------- Trump says U.S., China see "great progress" in high-level trade talks GENEVA - The United States and China on Saturday made "great progress" in high-level trade talks after discussing many issues in a constructive manner, President Donald Trump said. Trump's comments came after the first day of the two-day meeting in Geneva intended to defuse tariff tensions. It marked the first face-to-face contact between senior U.S. and Chinese senior officials since the United States ratcheted up tariffs on goods from China to at least 145 percent. ---------- Elderly woman fatally stabbed near Tokyo, police launch murder probe CHIBA, Japan - An elderly woman was found collapsed on a street in Chiba near Tokyo on Sunday afternoon and was later confirmed dead at a hospital, police said, adding they have launched a murder investigation as she had a stab wound to her back. The police are still trying to confirm the identity of the victim and searching for the suspect and weapon. The woman was found around 5:10 p.m. on Sunday in a residential area about 1 kilometer east of JR Tsuga Station. ---------- S. Korea ex-minister to run as conservative party's pres. candidate SEOUL - Former South Korean Employment and Labor Minister Kim Moon Soo registered his presidential candidacy Sunday after his conservative party voted down a motion to replace him with a former prime minister. Kim was officially nominated as the People Power Party's presidential candidate on May 3 after defeating former party leader Han Dong Hoon in the final round of the party's primary. ---------- New pope garnered over 75% of votes in conclave: Vatican sources ROME - In the balloting to choose the next pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost secured 105 of 133 votes to become the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Vatican sources said Sunday. Taking the name Leo XIV, the first American-born pope led from the second round of voting and ultimately secured the required two-thirds majority, the sources said. Video: "Ukai" traditional cormorant fishing season begins in central Japan
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.
