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News On Japan via Mainichi — Oct 16
Seven Chinese Navy warships on Tuesday passed the contiguous zone, a band of water just outside Japan’s territorial waters, around an Okinawa island amid a dispute over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, which are claimed by China, the Japanese Defense Ministry said.
The seven ships were spotted sailing at around 7 a.m. about 49 kilometers south-southeast of Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture, the ministry said.
中国海軍の艦船数隻が、16日午前の時点で、尖閣諸島の方面に向けて航行していることがわかった。尖閣諸島の国有化以来、中国海軍のこうした動きは、初めてのことで、政府が対応を急いでいる。
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