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Thu, 06/23/2011 - 19:13
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Japan warns China against exploring in EEZ off Tohoku region
Japan warned China on Thursday not to conduct marine research in Japan's 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone off the northeastern Tohoku region, State Foreign Secretary Chiaki Takahashi said.
A Chinese marine research vessel called ''Nanfeng'' explored Japan's EEZ without obtaining Tokyo's consent on Thursday morning in the Pacific Ocean some 330 kilometers off Miyagi Prefecture, triggering an immediate warning from the Japan Coast Guard.
Tokyo also urged Beijing through the Japanese Embassy in Beijing not to engage in such activities, according to Japanese officials.
The coast guard said one of its patrol boats detected the Chinese vessel and contacted it by radio. Crew members told the coast guard the vessel was ''collecting water samples for marine environment research on the high seas.''
According to Chinese media reports, the ship was dispatched by the State Oceanic Administration on June 16 from Xiamen, Fujian Province, to monitor radiation levels in the western Pacific, following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
During a 30-day mission, a monitoring team on the vessel aims to get a better understanding of how nuclear radiation affects the marine environment and help China establish a radioactive alert system, the reports said.
Earlier in the day, the Defense Ministry said 11 Chinese military ships passed through the seas between Okinawa's main island and Miyako Island into the East China Sea from Wednesday to early Thursday.
The ships, which crossed the same waters into the Pacific Ocean from the East China Sea on June 8 and 9, were apparently heading back to China after completing naval exercises in the western Pacific, according to the ministry.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force said it identified the ships including a missile destroyer and a submarine rescue ship when they were sailing around 110 km northeast of Miyako Island in four groups between 4 p.m. Wednesday and 1 a.m. Thursday.
The military ships conducted drills including target practice and unmanned helicopter flights around 1,500 km south of Okinawa, the ministry said.
Beijing says the navy conducted regular drills in the western Pacific, Takahashi said, adding that Tokyo will keep monitoring moves by the Chinese military in sea areas surrounding Japan.
Self-Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Ryoichi Oriki said during a press conference Thursday the Chinese navy is expected to expand its areas of activities and conduct operations more frequently.
A Chinese marine research vessel called ''Nanfeng'' explored Japan's EEZ without obtaining Tokyo's consent on Thursday morning in the Pacific Ocean some 330 kilometers off Miyagi Prefecture, triggering an immediate warning from the Japan Coast Guard.
Tokyo also urged Beijing through the Japanese Embassy in Beijing not to engage in such activities, according to Japanese officials.
The coast guard said one of its patrol boats detected the Chinese vessel and contacted it by radio. Crew members told the coast guard the vessel was ''collecting water samples for marine environment research on the high seas.''
According to Chinese media reports, the ship was dispatched by the State Oceanic Administration on June 16 from Xiamen, Fujian Province, to monitor radiation levels in the western Pacific, following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
During a 30-day mission, a monitoring team on the vessel aims to get a better understanding of how nuclear radiation affects the marine environment and help China establish a radioactive alert system, the reports said.
Earlier in the day, the Defense Ministry said 11 Chinese military ships passed through the seas between Okinawa's main island and Miyako Island into the East China Sea from Wednesday to early Thursday.
The ships, which crossed the same waters into the Pacific Ocean from the East China Sea on June 8 and 9, were apparently heading back to China after completing naval exercises in the western Pacific, according to the ministry.
The Maritime Self-Defense Force said it identified the ships including a missile destroyer and a submarine rescue ship when they were sailing around 110 km northeast of Miyako Island in four groups between 4 p.m. Wednesday and 1 a.m. Thursday.
The military ships conducted drills including target practice and unmanned helicopter flights around 1,500 km south of Okinawa, the ministry said.
Beijing says the navy conducted regular drills in the western Pacific, Takahashi said, adding that Tokyo will keep monitoring moves by the Chinese military in sea areas surrounding Japan.
Self-Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Ryoichi Oriki said during a press conference Thursday the Chinese navy is expected to expand its areas of activities and conduct operations more frequently.
