Japan reports a record number of Chinese ships near contested Senkaku Islands
Japan reports a record number of Chinese ships near contested Senkaku Islands
TOKYO — China has sent a record number of its ships this year past an island group in the East China Sea whose control it disputes with Japan, according to the Japan Coast Guard.
As of Tuesday, 1,007 Chinese government ships had been spotted in the contiguous zone of the chain known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan and the Diaoyu Islands in China, the coast guard told Stars and Stripes. That’s an increase of more than 18% from the previous record of 819 Chinese ship sightings in 2013.
The coast guard said the vessels include any that belong to the Chinese government, including navy and coast guard ships.
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