Japan Protests China Coast Guard Claims in EEZ Near Yonaguni, East of Taiwan
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 29
Japan Protests China Coast Guard Claims in EEZ Near Yonaguni, East of Taiwan
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 29
Summary
Japan said Chinese coast guard vessels intermittently entered its exclusive economic zone south of Yonaguni Island and made unilateral claims over those waters.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara lodged the protest Monday, describing the activity as Chinese assertions of maritime borders east of Taiwan and close to Japanese territory.
Yonaguni sits at the western edge of Japan near Taiwan, making the waters strategically sensitive as Tokyo watches Chinese coast guard operations around its southern islands.
The complaint comes after Japan and the Philippines said in May they would map out their claims in the region, adding to already simmering maritime tensions.