The Ministry of Defense announced that it had confirmed that one Chinese Navy survey ship had invaded Japan's territorial waters around Kuchinoerabu Island and Yakushima in Kagoshima Prefecture before dawn on the 27th.
This is the fifth Chinese Navy vessel to invade the territory since November last year, and the Ministry of Defense continues to be vigilant and surveillance and analyzes the purpose of the navigation.
According to the Ministry of Defense, at around 8 pm on the 26th, it was confirmed that one Chinese Navy survey ship was navigating the connecting water area west of Kuchinoerabu Island, and the survey ship was at around 11:00 pm in Japan's territorial waters. It means that it has invaded.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's escort ship "Onami" and the Japan Coast Guard patrol boat gathered information, guarded and monitored, and the surveying ship left the territorial waters south of Yakushima at around 2:10 am on the 27th, about 3 hours later, and southeast. It means that it went in the direction.
According to the Ministry of Defense, it has raised concerns to China through diplomatic channels.
This is the fifth invasion of Chinese Navy vessels into the territorial waters since November last year, and the Ministry of Defense has determined that it has invaded Japan's territorial waters around Yakushima and Kuchinoerabu Island. It is said that.
The Ministry of Defense continues to be vigilant and surveillance and is analyzing the purpose of this voyage.