Four Chinese coast guard ships enter waters near Senkakus in first intrusion of 2022
The four Haijing ships entered Japanese waters southeast of the island of Kuba in the Senkaku chain between around 10 a.m. and 10:20 a.m. Saturday morning.
Japan held drill in November assuming foreign occupation of Senkaku Islands
The drill took place on an uninhabited island in Nagasaki Prefecture with land features resembling Uotsuri Island, one of the islets that make up the Senkaku Islands.
Japan's island paradise near the front line of tensions over Taiwan
Not long ago, Japan saw mostly economic opportunity with China, but with security challenges growing, the calculus has changed.
Japan Coast Guard tests tech to automatically track suspicious ships
It is hoped the system will help ease the burden on maritime law-enforcement operations as Japan faces an increase in intrusions into its waters.
Typhoon ends 157-day streak of Chinese vessels near Senkakus
The absence of China Coast Guard ships ended the longest streak since the islands were brought under state control in September 2012.
Chinese coast guard ships sail in Japanese waters near Senkakus
It was the 22nd intrusion into Japanese waters around the island chain by Chinese government ships this year.
After 42-hour intrusion, China Coast Guard ships again enter Japanese waters near Senkakus
The streak of 42 consecutive hours was the longest this year, a report said.
The Japan Coast Guard warned the Chinese ships to leave the waters as the vessels tried to approach a Japanese fishing boat.
Chinese ships sail near Senkakus for record 112 straight days
According to the Japan Coast Guard's 11th regional headquarters in Naha, the previous record successive run of 111 days was marked between April 14 and Aug. 2, last year.
China boosts power of maritime authorities, fanning tensions
The legislation will enable China's maritime safety agency, which belongs to the transportation ministry, to order foreign vessels to leave what the nation claims as its territorial waters.
China’s maritime policies need a considered response from Japan
Careful countermeasures must be considered as Beijing integrates its ocean organizations and steps up its territorial goals.
Suspected North Korean boats drifting ashore in Japan down amid pandemic
The number of such boats found between last October and this March totaled 13, down from 141 the previous year, the coast guard said.
