Japan says Chinese carrier entered its contiguous waters for first time

Voice of America News reports: “A Chinese aircraft carrier entered Japan’s contiguous waters for the first time on Wednesday, Japan’s defense ministry said, the latest in a string of military maneuvers that has ratcheted up tensions between the neighbors.

The carrier, accompanied by two destroyers, sailed between Japan’s southern Yonaguni and Iriomote islands, entering an area that extends up to 24 nautical miles from its coastline where Japan can exert some controls as defined by the United Nations.

Japan’s Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshi Moriya said Tokyo had conveyed its ‘serious concerns’ to Beijing, describing the incident as ‘utterly unacceptable from the perspective of the security environment of Japan and the region.’

‘We will continue to closely monitor Chinese naval vessels’ activities in the waters around our country and will take all possible measures to gather information and conduct vigilance and surveillance,’ Moriya told a news conference…”

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