Japan Increases Surveillance of East China Sea Islands -- Voice of America
Japan has increased surveillance around disputed East China Sea islands, after Chinese ships made a rare prolonged visit to the waters around them.
Tokyo controls the islands and refers to them as Senkaku, while Beijing considers them to be Chinese territory and calls them Diaoyu.
Japan said four Chinese surveillance ships entered the waters around the disputed islands on Monday and remained for 13 hours, ignoring calls by the Japanese coast guard to leave. Japanese chief Cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga called the prolonged Chinese patrol “extremely unusual” and “regrettable.”
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