4 Chinese Govt Ships Enter Japanese Waters near Senkakus

June 5, 2018

Naha, Okinawa Pref.- Four Chinese coast guard ships intruded into Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Tuesday.

It was the first such intrusion by any Chinese government ship since May 24 and the 11th this year.

According to the Japan Coast Guard's 11th regional headquarters, based in Naha, the capital of Okinawa, the Haijing 2102, the Haijing 2306, the Haijing 2502 and the Haijing 31240 entered Japanese waters at a point north-northwest of Uotsurijima, the largest of the Japanese-administered islands in the East China Sea, between around 10:15 a.m. (1:15 a.m. GMT) and 10:35 a.m.

The ships left the waters west-southwest of the same island between around 11:45 a.m. and noon.

The islands are claimed by China, which calls them Diaoyu. Jiji Press