Joint training by the Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Japan Coast Guard Is it assumed that a Chinese ship will approach the Senkaku Islands?

On the 22nd, the Maritime Self-Defense Force announced that it had participated in two escort vessels and conducted joint training with a Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel.

The training was conducted to the east of Izu Oshima, with the participation of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's escort vessels "Takanami" and "Yamagiri" and the Japan Coast Guard's patrol vessels "Buko" and "Aguni".

Of these, "Aguni" belongs to the Ishigaki Coast Guard in Okinawa Prefecture, and usually deals with ships by Chinese authorities around the Senkaku Islands.

In the training, information sharing between the Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Japan Coast Guard and confirmation of the movement of both ships were confirmed, and according to the people concerned, it was assumed that a Chinese ship approached the Senkaku Islands. That is.

It is unusual for the Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Japan Coast Guard to announce the implementation of joint training, which seems to assume the approach of a Chinese ship to the Senkaku Islands.