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Eight Chinese vessels enter Senkaku area

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Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters April 23 around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, the Japan Coast Guard said.

China's State Oceanic Administration said the vessels were there to monitor the activity of a flotilla of boats reportedly carrying members of a Japanese nationalist group. China regards the area as its territorial waters.

This is the most Chinese ships to enter Japanese waters near the Senkakus since the government effectively nationalized the chain last September. (Kyodo)

８隻の中国船が尖閣諸島周辺に侵入

４月23日、中国の海洋監視船８隻が東シナ海の尖閣諸島周辺の領海に侵入した。昨年９月の国有化以降、中国公船の侵入では最多の隻数となった。

The Japan Times ST: May 3, 2013