Chinese fishing boats operate in the waters around the Senkaku Islands Coast Guard alerts at 6:31 on August 18
On the 17th, it was confirmed that several Chinese fishing vessels are operating in the waters around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture. Four months ago, a large number of Chinese fishing vessels came and some of them repeatedly invaded the territorial waters of Japan, so the Japan Coast Guard is wary.
At the Japan Coast Guard base on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, a patrol boat ``Kabira'' guards the waters around the Senkaku Islands in response to the end of the 16-day fishing ban established by the Chinese government in the East China Sea. Departed on the 17th.
According to the Japan Coast Guard, in the waters around the Senkaku Islands, it was confirmed that six Chinese fishing boats were operating on the 17th, and some were sailing in the connected waters just outside the territorial waters of Japan. Is that.
Four years ago, in August, when the closed fishing period ended in August, a large number of Chinese fishing vessels operated in the connected waters, and some fishing vessels and vessels of the Chinese Coast Guard repeatedly invaded the territorial waters of Japan, causing tension. It has risen.
The Japan Coast Guard has strengthened vigilance by deploying 12 patrol boats dedicated to guarding the waters around the Senkaku Islands and 9 patrol boats mainly for controlling foreign fishing vessels.