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10 Chinese ships spotted near Senkakus islands!!!!
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NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — A flotilla of 10 Chinese surveillance ships was spotted near the Senkaku Islands on Thursday, keeping political tensions high over Japan's purchase of some of the disputed East China Sea islets last week.
Since Tuesday, a total of 16 Chinese official surveillance ships — 10 marine surveillance vessels and six fisheries surveillance ships — have entered Japanese territorial waters off the islands, which are claimed by China and Taiwan, or the contiguous waters around them.
Six of them left the area Wednesday night, the coast guard said. An armada of fishing boats that was reported in the Chinese media to have set sail for waters off the islands was not spotted.
Meanwhile, the coast guard is preparing to submit a report to police about two Japanese men who landed on Uotsuri Island, one of the uninhabited islets in the group. The police, who questioned the pair on a voluntary basis, are considering building a misdemeanor case against them.
Japan purchased three of the five disputed islets on Sept. 11 over Chinese objections, sparking a wave of anti-Japanese protests across China. Tokyo says the move is aimed at administering them in a stable manner and that no territorial dispute exists. The purchase brought its total to four.
The government has banned anyone, including Japanese nationals, from landing on the isles without approval but a landing by a group of Japanese last month ended without a single arrest.
[link to www.japantimes.co.jp]
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