Japan reports more China surveillance ships in its territorial waters

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Cherrie Lou Billones in National with 9 Comments
Japan reports more China surveillance ships in its territorial waters

The Japan Coast Guard said that three Chinese surveillance ships entered its territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands yesterday, just a few hours after China’s fisheries patrol boats sailed into the area in the morning. A statement made by the coastguard also said that three marine surveillance ships passed through the 12-nautical-mile territorial zone off Uotsuri, one of the Senkaku islands, shortly before one o’clock in the afternoon.

Just recently, on February 18, the coastguard also said that three patrol vessels of China came closer to Japanese territorial waters. The vessels looked as if they were chasing a fishing boat. It really does seem as though China is getting more and more aggressive when it comes to these islands, which they refer to as Diaoyu. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe maintains a firm stand on China as regards this matter. He said that Japan “simply cannot tolerate any challenge now and in the future” to its control over the islet. “No nation should make any miscalculation or underestimate the firmness of our resolve.”

In the meantime, Abe had a summit with the United States President Barack Obama. However, no press statements were made pertaining to the dispute with China following the meeting. Instead, a firm cooperation as regards the North Korea situation was highlighted.

[via SCMP]
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  • Far East

    China is showing to the world, and in particular to foreign investors what kind of aggressive and trigger happy country they are. Obviously they are too stupid to make the connection between their repeated infringement of Japanese, sovereignty, or the one of The Philippines, Vietnam and the drop of 7.3% year on year of Foreign Direct Investment just recently.
    So, really nice going, and please continue, because either way China lose. They’ll never get the Senkakus and while they try they lose the little credibility they had gained with the Olympic games.

    • Guest

      Actually, I believe both CN & NK have a very well plan. They know the fact JP & US can not handle two wars simultaneously therefore both have shown their aggressive toward JP. JP so far has shown its “cool” while dealing with those 2 idiots. Good on you JP, I will support you guys all the way.

      • Far East

        I think Japan knows time is on its side. Economically, China is under tremendous pressure to grow, or else they will land with a revolution on their hand. Their economy is heavily pressured between slavish GDP growth and high inflation, including extremely high real-estate inflation. Their hawkish stance is just hurting their chance of having FDI pouring in, and they need those because they simply lack respectability and the renown brands that made Japan such as powerful and respectable country after WWII for many decades. So, basically China is just crewed. All we have to do is wait and watch it happened.

  • Bill

    It is smart for China to show to the world that the islands belongs to them and they can entere freely on their own and this has broken Japan control. This is caused by Japan nationalize the islands. Able is coming from the WWII criminal family member and dreaming to build up the imperial Japanes army which US does not want to see. It is smart for Obama did not mention a word on the islands in the meeting but Abe still wanted to create trouble. Japan needs to accept that China is a big country and JP can not bulling to China again as they did in the past. This will keep Japan economic going down again as China and Korea will buy less on Japanese products which ends up hurting to Japan. Abe wake up!

    • Whirled Peas

      China’s incursions into Japanese waters doesn’t mean it has “broken” Japan’s control over the islands. It only means it is trespassing into waters Japan administers. You do not establish effective control by trespassing. Japan has used restraint because it wants to avoid a conflict. Obama did not mention the islands because he did not need to. US policy had already been clearly stated by Hillary Clinton.. No need for Obama to repeat and repeat. Of course the US does not want to alienate Japan or China. That is what diplomacy is all about. Besides, the S/D islands and China are not the only issues in the world to discuss. Japan is not the bully. It established effective control back in 1895 when it annexed the S/D islands terra nullius (uninhabited and under effective control by no other country). China did not become interested until oil was found in 1968. The islands were not war booty, although China would like to think they were. Pointing to Japan’s past mistakes 68 years ago to justify China’s present actions is not clear and principled argumentation .:-)Best, WP

      • Far East

        Exactly !! Completely agree.

      • Guest

        Well spoke. I am no sure how or what makes CN in believing that trespassing is a legal way to claim the island. CN is weir, its thinking is abnormal in a way no countries on earth would accept…

  • Mark Rcca

    The usual weekly 3 ships.. Nothing new these days.

  • Far East

    Those Chinese officials need to get into their skull that sailing ain’t owning :-)