Japan protested in connection with the entrance of the Chinese research vessel into its territorial waters in the Kagosima Prefecture area.
The Chinese research vessel entered the territorial waters of the country at 06:00 in the morning local time, the Japanese Ministry of Defense said.
“Japan will protect its territory and water,” the statement said about the entrance of the vessel into the territorial waters in the Kagosima area.
In the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, it is noted that after the incident on the diplomatic channels of the Chinese embassy in Tokyo, “Protest and strong concern”.
The statement of the Ministry of Defense of Japan dated August 26 is reported that the military aircraft of the Chinese army of the Y-9 type invaded Japan’s airspace near the Danjo Islands in the East Chinese Sea.
Tokyo said that the Chinese military aircraft first violated the country’s airspace.
According to this information, Japanese fighters took response, but the Chinese aircraft managed to leave the airspace.