In the early hours of November 2nd, a Chinese Navy survey ship sailed through Japanese territorial waters around Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture for approximately three hours.
This is the fourth time that a Chinese Navy survey ship has intruded into the surrounding territorial waters, and the Ministry of Defense continues to monitor and monitor it and analyze the purpose of navigation.
According to the Ministry of Defense, around 7:50 pm on the 1st, the Maritime Self-Defense Force confirmed that a Chinese Navy survey ship was sailing northeast in the contiguous waters west of Gajashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. .
After that, the survey ship entered Japanese territorial waters southwest of Kuchinoerabujima at around 0:10 am on the 2nd, and about three hours later at around 3:00 am, it left the territorial waters south of Yakushima and headed southeast. It means that
It was the fourth time since September that a Chinese naval survey ship has sailed in the surrounding territorial waters, and has conveyed its concerns to China through diplomatic channels.
It is the eighth time that a Chinese Navy vessel has intruded into Japan's territorial waters, and the Ministry of Defense is continuing to monitor and monitor it and analyzing the purpose of the navigation in detail.