Japan protests China's vessels around disputed islands | Inquirer News

Japan protests China’s vessels around disputed islands

/ 01:13 PM August 06, 2016

TOKYO — Japan has protested to China after six Chinese coast guard vessels approached disputed East China Sea islands accompanying a fleet of hundreds of Chinese fishing boats.

Japan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement it summoned Chinese Embassy officials after Japan’s coast guard spotted the vessels Saturday along with a fleet of 230 Chinese fishing boats swarming around the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands. China also claims the islands.

Japan is demanding the ships leave the area.

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China’s coast guard vessels routinely sail around the islands, but the ministry said that the fleet’s size showed “an escalation of the situation that could heighten tensions in the waters.”

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Japan also protested Friday after two Chinese coast guard ships entered the Japanese-claimed waters around Senkaku.

There has been no immediate comment from Beijing.

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