The Ministry of Defense announced on the 6th that Russian Navy vessels sailed in the contiguous zone just outside the territorial waters near Okinotorishima, the southernmost tip of Japan.
This is the first time that the Ministry of Defense has announced that a Russian warship has entered the continental zone near Okinotorishima, and it continues to analyze the purpose of navigation and continue to be vigilant and surveillance.
Around 5 am on the 6th, the Maritime Self-Defense Force confirmed that a Russian Navy information gathering ship was sailing westward in the sea area about 45 km south-southeast of Okinotorishima.
The information gathering ship then entered the continental zone near Okinotorishima and sailed westward.
The Ministry of Defense says it will not disclose how long it has stayed in the continental zone.
This is the first time that the Ministry of Defense has announced that Russian ships have entered the continental zone near Okinotorishima.
Navigation of connected waters by warships is not a problem under international law, and the Ministry of Defense has stated that three ships, including frigate ships and destroyers of the Russian Navy, will pass through the Tsushima Strait from the 5th to the 6th, from the East China Sea to the Sea of Japan. It was announced that the Maritime Self-Defense Force had confirmed that it had entered.
Three vessels sailed in the connecting water area between Kuba Island and Taisho Island in the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture on the night of the 4th of this month, and one of them entered the connecting water area near the Senkaku Islands on the morning of the same day. increase.
The Ministry of Defense analyzes the purpose of each ship's navigation and continues to be vigilant and monitor.