The governments of both Japan and China claimed on Tuesday to have menaced each other’s ships out of the waters surrounding the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, accusing each other of violating their respective sovereign territory.
The Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) issued a statement claiming that a Japanese fishing boat had “illegally entered the territorial waters” of China and, in response, the Coast Guard “took necessary law enforcement measures,” forcing it to leave.
The Chinese state propaganda outlet Global Times relayed a message from a Coast Guard spokesman who said “the Diaoyu Dao [Senkaku Islands] and its affiliated islets are China’s inherent territory and urged the Japanese side to immediately stop all acts of infringement and provocation in these waters.”
The Japanese Coast Guard issued a separate statement claiming that it, no
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