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First Chinese warship skirts Senkaku Islands

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Tokyo denounced Beijing on June 9 after a Chinese frigate entered a contiguous zone just outside Japanese territorial waters earlier in the same day near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

The move comes amid mounting international pressure on China over its growing maritime assertiveness.

"Beijing's action of sending a military ship for the first time would further escalate tensions unilaterally," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters. (The Japan Times)

尖閣諸島接続水域に中国軍艦、初の確認

政府は6月9日、中国の軍艦が、同国が領有権を主張している沖縄県・尖閣諸島周辺の接続水域に初めて入ったことを受け、「緊張を一方的に高める」行為だと非難した。

The Japan Times ST: June 24, 2016