Kyodo The Defense Ministry is thinking of stationing F-15 fighter jets at a remote airport halfway from Naha to Taiwan to speed up its response to airspace incursions by China near the disputed Senkaku Islands, government sources said Monday. The… Read More ›
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Chinese intruders tell coast guard to get out “leave” the area as it is “in China’s jurisdictional waters” and that the Japanese vessel was “violating the law,”
Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 Kyodo NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — Four Chinese surveillance ships entered Japan’s territorial waters Tuesday near the Senkaku Islands and then left the area around 1:10 p.m., the Japan Coast Guard said. This is the eighth time… Read More ›
Chinese patrol vessels test ‘authority’ near Senkakus: “replied via radio that the area “is China’s,” “
Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 Kyodo NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — Chinese surveillance vessels on Thursday entered Japan’s territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands for the first time in three weeks, the Japan Coast Guard said. The government lodged a “strong protest”… Read More ›