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Japan on Friday claimed that at least two Chinese ships intruded into its territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea known as Diaoyudao Islands to China. The Chinese vessels encroached on the Japanese waters as they followed two Japanese fishing boats patrolling the region’s resources. People’s Liberation Army Navy [PLAN] ships and two other Chinese vessels entered the territorial waters off Taisho Island between 4:20 a.m. and 4:50 a.m. on Friday, said the Japanese Coast Guard in a statement. The Chinese vessels have long been sailing in the Japanese contiguous zone just outside the sovereign territorial waters, the coast guard added, according to NHK.
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