Japan kicks over presence of Chinese coast guard near disputed Islands
Japan said on Friday that it had filed a protest with Chinese diplomats after four Chinese coast guard boats entered the waters near the contested Senkaku Islands, known as Diaoyu Islands in China.
Two Chinese vessels approached the Japan-administered islands in the East China sea in the early hours of Friday, followed by another boat two hours later, Kyodo news agency reported.
One of the Chinese boats carried a 76-mm gun, the largest gun spotted by Japanese coast guards on this type of ship.
Japan’s chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters that the government “delivered a strong protest using diplomatic channels and urged (Chinese vessels) to leave Japanese territorial waters immediately.”
The uninhabited islands have been a source of long-simmering tensions, with China arguing they have been a well-documented part of its territory for centuries.
Separately, Taiwan also claimed the islands, saying Japan annexed them from its territory in 1895.
The islands came under U.S. control after WWII and were handed over to Japan in 1971.
(Sputnik/NAN)
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