China, Japan coast guards face off again near disputed islands

BEIJING/TOKYO — Chinese and also Japanese coast guard ships encountered off in waters about contested islands in the East China Sea anew on Wednesday (Nov 1), with both nations claiming they deployed patrol ships to urge the other side to take off the territory.

The contested islands, labelled Diaoyu in China and also Senkaku in Japan, are asserted by both nations.

The Chinese coast guard asserted 3 Japanese ships and also countless patrol ships unlawfully typed its territorial waters on Wednesday and also that it took vital manipulate measures in conformity with the law.

Japan’s coast guard asserted its patrol extravagance yachts in revolve over and also over again urged 3 Chinese coast guard shells to take off the waters.

A tantamount instance surfaced on Oct 17.