尖閣沖航行、２月に２６日間　加藤官房長官「極めて深刻」―海警法１カ月

　中国海警局の武器使用権限を明記した「海警法」が２月１日に施行されてから同月２８日までの間、同局所属船による沖縄県・尖閣諸島周辺の日本の接続水域内航行を確認した日数が計２６日に上ったことが分かった。領海侵入は６件で、うち５件は日本漁船への接近事案だった。加藤勝信官房長官が１日の記者会見で明らかにした。
　加藤氏は１日午前８時時点で海警局の船２隻が接続水域内を航行していたことも発表。領海侵入を含め尖閣関連の事案が高い頻度で続く現状について「極めて深刻であり、緊張感を持って注視していく必要がある」と述べた。（2021/03/01-14:28）

Chinese coast guard ships sailed near the Senkaku Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, almost every day last month, the Japanese government said Monday.
   In February, Chinese coast guard ships were spotted inside the contiguous zone surrounding Japan's territorial waters around the Senkakus on 26 days, Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said at a press conference.
   These ships intruded into Japan's territorial waters on six occasions, in which they approached Japanese fishing boats on five occasions, Kato said.
   On Feb. 1, China put into effect a law that allows its coast guard to use force against foreign parties for what Beijing views as violations of its sovereignty or jurisdiction.
   Kato added that as of 8 a.m. Monday (11 p.m. Sunday GMT), two Chinese coast guard ships were spotted inside the contiguous zone around the Japanese-administered islands in the East China Sea.