Based on the fact that the Chinese Maritime Police Bureau's public vessels are repeatedly invading the territory around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, the Council of Experts, who are considering the government's maritime policy, is strengthening cooperation between the Japan Coast Guard and the Maritime Self-Defense Force. I submitted the requested proposal to Prime Minister Kishida.
The proposal was handed over to Prime Minister Kishida at the Prime Minister's Office on the 20th by Akihiko Tanaka, the chairman of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, who chairs the Council of Experts.
The proposal points out that the interests of the ocean are exposed to an unprecedented threat due to the repeated invasion of public vessels by the China Coast Guard around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, which is an unforeseen situation. We are calling for strengthening cooperation between the Japan Coast Guard and the Maritime Self-Defense Force in order to prevent this from happening.
From the perspective of economic security, it also includes the development of mineral resources such as rare earth in the deep sea, the expansion of offshore wind power generation for the realization of a carbon-free society, and the prediction of earthquakes and tsunamis by seafloor observation using digital technology. increase.
In response to the proposal, Prime Minister Kishida said, "We would like to accept the opinions we received and firmly promote the strengthening of the coast guard system, the development of domestic marine resources, and the expansion of offshore wind power generation."