“The waters involved include areas around the #SenkakuIslands, administered by #Tokyo but claimed by #Beijing. The #islands have been a recurring point of #maritime friction for more than a decade.”
Disputed isles: Fearing China clash, Japan asks fishermen to avoid flashpoint islands. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Japan #China #EastChinaSea #SenkakuIslands #DiaoyuIslands
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China, Japan Coast Guards Face Off Near Disputed Islands: Rival Accounts
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The islands are, however, Japan held and Tokyo has long rejected China’s territorial claim and a lesser claim by a Taiwanese county in the east of the self-governing island nation. Bne IntelliNews #Beijing #Tokyo #SenkakuIslands #Diaoyu #MaritimeDispute
Call it the epitome of "paranoid communist #China.
It's actually just plain childish on the part of #Xi and his regime, that China's coastguard would be deployed to the "uninhabited" Japanese controlled #Senkakuislands, in retaliation to some no BS pro- #Taiwan rhetoric from Japan PM #SanaeTakaichi
🇯🇵⚡ #JAPAN – A Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel spotted today four #China Coast Guard 🛥️ vessels, armed with machine guns in the waters outside the territorial waters around the #SenkakuIslands (Okinawa Prefecture).
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James D.J. Brown discussed the first instance of a #Chinesemilitary vessel entering the contiguous zone around the Japanese-administered #SenkakuIslands and considered the extent to which increased #ChinaRussia #naval cooperation poses a threat to #Japan: nbr.org/publication/...
An increasing number of #Chinese CG vessels have been recorded by Japan's Coast Guard around the disputed #SenkakuIslands in a constant manner, equipped with water cannon, introduced in #Japan's territorial waters.
More details from NHK News:
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How does #China exploit the maritime “gray zone” to pursue expansionist policies without triggering open conflict? Can "assertive transparency" push back against #PRC aggression in the seas around #Philippines, #Vietnam, #Malaysia, #Taiwan and #SenkakuIslands?
Rand analyst Todd Helmus explains.
Chinese, Japanese Coast Guards Clash Over Diaoyu Islands
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#ChinaCoastGuard #JapanSenkakuDispute #DiaoyuIslands #SenkakuIslands #EastChinaSea #TerritorialDispute #MaritimeSecurity #JapanChinaRelations #GeopoliticsAsia #InternationalLaw #TerritorialWaters
Chinese Coast Guard Confronts Japanese Lawmakers Near Disputed Islands
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Chinese Coast Guard Confronts Japanese Lawmakers Near Disputed Islands
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#ChineseCoastGuard #JapaneseLawmakers #DiaoyuIslands #SenkakuIslands #EastChinaSea #Ishigaki #JapanCoastGuard #TomomiInada #NHK