• The area near Kubajima (above), part of the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, was the scene of an incursion by a Chinese vessel into the contiguous zone surrounding the island on June 9. | KYODO
    The area near Kubajima (above), part of the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, was the scene of an incursion by a Chinese vessel into the contiguous zone surrounding the island on June 9. | KYODO

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Japan warned Beijing of consequences if a Chinese naval vessel near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea intruded into Japanese territorial waters there this month, government sources said Saturday.

The warning, conveyed by then Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki to Chinese Ambassador Cheng Yonghua early on June 9, is thought to have related to the possible mobilization of Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels for maritime security operations.

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