Japan lodged a protest against Beijing on Friday after four armed China coastguard vessels entered waters that Tokyo considers its territory. The Japanese government said it was the first time that four Chinese vessels carrying what appeared to be cannons had entered its territorial waters in the East China Sea surrounding the disputed islands, which Tokyo calls the Senkaku and Beijing calls the Diaoyu.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said, I am not in a position to state what the China side's intentions are. but the intrusion of vessels belonging to China's coastguard into Japan territory is a breach of international law. China's coastguard said that it had patrolled the waters with vessels carrying weapons.
10 июн 2024
