While U.S. House Speaker Pelosi is visiting Taiwan from the evening of the 2nd, China's state-run news agency reported that the Chinese military will conduct military exercises around Taiwan from the 4th.

The area where the exercise will be held is only about 60 kilometers from Yonaguni Island and Hateruma Island in Okinawa Prefecture, and there is widespread anxiety in the area.

According to China's state-run Xinhua News Agency, the military exercises of the Chinese military will be held from the 4th to the 7th in six sea and air areas set around Taiwan, and will also include live fire.



The Fisheries Cooperative Association on Yonaguni Island, located about 110 kilometers from Taiwan, was contacted by the Japan Coast Guard about the area where the exercise would be held around 1:00 pm on the 3rd.



According to this, the shooting drills are scheduled in two areas, 64 kilometers northwest of Yonaguni Island and 60 kilometers southwest of Hateruma Island, of which the southwest area of ​​Hateruma Island is 30 kilometers from where fishing boats usually operate. It's just that it's not far away.



The fisheries cooperative is calling for caution by notifying fishermen of such information by telephone, and is considering whether to suspend the activities of surveillance vessels that are investigating the operation status of foreign fishing vessels to ensure safety.



Shigenori Takanishi, head of the Yonaguni Fisheries Cooperative Association, said, "I didn't expect the Chinese military to surround Taiwan in exercises, and I feel that the situation is developing in a bad direction. If the situation worsens. Since we can't fish, it's a matter of life and death, and even the fishermen are aware of it, but the extent of the danger is immeasurable, and they don't know when to tell them to stop fishing." I was.

Yonaguni Town "I just want information now"

According to Yonaguni Town, as of 4:00 p.m., there has been no contact from the national or prefectural government regarding military exercises by the Chinese military, and they are gathering information by looking at news articles on the Internet.



Mr. Masayuki Tajima of the General Affairs Division, who is in charge of crisis management, said, "It's not something that can be dealt with at the local government level, so I just want information now, that's all."

Airline Shipping may change flight routes

While the Chinese military is planning to conduct military exercises in a total of six sea and air areas surrounding Taiwan from the 4th to the 7th, the Chinese aviation authorities will be conducting military exercises from 1:00 pm on the 4th to the 7th of Japan time. Until 1:00 p.m., an aviation advisory has been issued banning aircraft from entering six airspaces surrounding Taiwan.



In response to this, ANA and Japan Airlines are considering flight routes that avoid the target range in order to safely operate flights between Japan and Taiwan that are scheduled to operate during this period.



None of the flights are scheduled to be canceled at this time.



On the other hand, the three major shipping companies, Nippon Yusen Mitsui O.S.K.



According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, while it is sometimes requested that aircraft and ships not enter due to military exercises, we are collecting information to see if this measure will affect operations.