“China sees its regulation of Japanese fishing vessels as a key stratagem” for controlling Japanese waters in the region, explains Professor Yoshihiko Yamada.
These days, Hitoshi Nakama’s fishing boat is shadowed by a Chinese Coast Guard empowered by a new Chinese law that authorizes shooting at foreign vessels.
Japanese agencies are becoming proactive in preparing to defend the Senkaku Islands, as China’s provocations increase in frequency and Chinese government vessels chase Japanese fishermen there.
Alarm is growing about the burgeoning threat posed by Chinese maritime incursions in Japanese waters near the Senkaku Islands and in other parts of the region....
Territorial disputes are rarely settled peacefully through discussion. It is about time for Japan to recognize the threat that China poses, and change tactics. ...
Two Chinese government vessels stayed in Japan’s territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, for an uninterrupted 57 hours and 39 minutes, from...
China has warned Japan that many Chinese fishing boats will enter Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands (Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture), and that...
On June 22, the Ishigaki Municipal Assembly approved a resolution renaming an area it administers that includes the Senkaku Islands. The assembly made the...
