The Ministry of Defense announced on the 20th that it confirmed that a Chinese Navy surveying ship had invaded Japan's territorial waters around Yakushima in Kagoshima Prefecture.
This is the sixth Chinese Navy vessel to invade the territorial waters, and this is the first time since April.
The Ministry of Defense continues to be vigilant and surveillance and analyzes the purpose of navigation.
According to the Ministry of Defense, at around 6:50 pm on the 20th, it was confirmed that one Chinese Navy survey ship was navigating the connecting water area south of Yakushima, and the survey ship was in the territorial waters of Japan at around 8 pm. It means that it has invaded.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's supply ship "Mashu" and the P1 patrol aircraft belonging to the Kaya base gather information, guard and monitor, and the survey ship is about 3 and a half hours, about 11:30 pm on the 20th, west of Kuchinoerabu Island. It means that he left the territory and headed west.
This is the sixth Chinese Navy vessel to invade the territorial waters, and this is the first time since April.
The Ministry of Defense continues to be vigilant and surveillance, and is analyzing in detail the purpose of this voyage, saying that movements such as the Chinese Navy's invasion of territorial waters are becoming active.