THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
August 31, 2024 at 17:50 JST
The Foreign Ministry building in Tokyo’s Kasumigaseki district (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)
The Defense Ministry expressed “strong concern” after a Chinese survey ship was spotted near Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
The vessel was confirmed to have intruded into Japan’s territorial waters at 6 a.m. on Aug. 31. It left shortly before 8 a.m., according to the ministry.
It said a Japanese military vessel and aircraft were tracking the vessel.
China’s increasing assertiveness around Japanese waters and airspace has caused unease among Japanese defense officials, who are also concerned about the growing military cooperation between the Chinese and Russian air forces.
The latest incident follows Tokyo’s protest on Aug. 27 over a Chinese military aircraft that briefly entered Japan’s southwestern airspace.
It was the first time the Japanese Self-Defense Forces detected a Chinese military aircraft in Japan’s airspace.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said Aug. 27 that his country had “no intention” to violate any country’s airspace.
Bilateral business ties between the two countries, as well as exchanges among scholars and business people among others, remain strong.
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