Japan's coast guard has said that two Chinese government ships which entered Japan's territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Thursday both left on Sunday morning.
The vessels navigated in waters off Japan's Okinawa Prefecture for 72 hours and 45 minutes. That marks the longest-ever continued intrusion of its kind since the Japanese government purchased some of the Senkakus from a private Japanese owner in 2012.
Japan Coast Guard officials said the ships entered waters off Taisho Island shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Thursday.
They appeared to have followed the movement of a Japanese fishing boat, and were replaced by two other Chinese ships on Friday morning.
They left Japan's waters by 10:20 a.m. on Sunday, around the time the Japanese fishing boat left the area.
The Chinese ships' intrusion into Japan's territorial waters broke the previous record of a similar incident that lasted for 64 hours and 17 minutes between July 5 and 7 of this year.
The Japanese coast guard remained on alert after warning the vessels against re-entering Japan's waters.
Japan controls the Senkaku Islands. The Japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of Japan's territory. China and Taiwan claim them.
The vessels navigated in waters off Japan's Okinawa Prefecture for 72 hours and 45 minutes. That marks the longest-ever continued intrusion of its kind since the Japanese government purchased some of the Senkakus from a private Japanese owner in 2012.
Japan Coast Guard officials said the ships entered waters off Taisho Island shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Thursday.
They appeared to have followed the movement of a Japanese fishing boat, and were replaced by two other Chinese ships on Friday morning.
They left Japan's waters by 10:20 a.m. on Sunday, around the time the Japanese fishing boat left the area.
The Chinese ships' intrusion into Japan's territorial waters broke the previous record of a similar incident that lasted for 64 hours and 17 minutes between July 5 and 7 of this year.
The Japanese coast guard remained on alert after warning the vessels against re-entering Japan's waters.
Japan controls the Senkaku Islands. The Japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of Japan's territory. China and Taiwan claim them.
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Summary
Chinese government ships intruded into Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea for 72 hours and 45 minutes, marking a record since 2012. The vessels followed a Japanese fishing boat and were replaced by two other Chinese ships on Friday. They left Japan's waters
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URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20221225_15/
Date: Dec. 25, 2022
Created: 2022/12/25 20:55
Updated: 2025/12/09 09:58
Last Read: 2022/12/26 08:05