Tokyo lodged a strong protest with Beijing on Saturday, after a Chinese Navy survey ship entered Japanese territorial waters off Kagoshima Prefecture ¡ª just days following the first foray into Japanese airspace by a Chinese military aircraft.
The Japanese Defense Ministry said the Chinese Shupang-class vessel¡¯s entry into the territorial waters southwest of Kagoshima¡¯s Kuchinoerabu Island was the 13th time since last September that the Chinese Navy had entered Japanese waters, with the ministry calling the moves ¡°cause for concern.¡±
The Chinese ship, which entered the waters around 6 a.m. before departing nearly two hours later, was monitored by Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels and aircraft.
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