中国公船４隻が領海侵入　沖縄・尖閣沖

　沖縄県石垣市の尖閣諸島沖で１６日、中国海警局の「海警」４隻が日本の領海に侵入し、約２時間にわたり航行した。尖閣諸島沖での中国公船の領海侵入は１１月１９日以来で、今年３３回目。
　第１１管区海上保安本部（那覇市）によると、４隻は午前１０時～同５分ごろ、南小島の南などで領海に入り、午前１１時３５分～正午ごろ、同島東などから出た。（2021/12/16-18:11）

Four Chinese coast guard ships sailed in Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea for around two hours Thursday.
   It was the 33rd intrusion into the Japanese waters around the island chain in Okinawa Prefecture by Chinese government ships this year, and the first since Nov. 19.
   The four Haijing ships entered Japanese waters south of Minamikojima and elsewhere between around 10 a.m. (1 a.m. GMT) and 10:05 a.m., according to the Japan Coast Guard's 11th regional headquarters in Naha, the capital of the southernmost prefecture.
   The Chinese ships left the waters east of Minamikojima and elsewhere between about 11:35 a.m. and noon. The Senkaku Islands, called Diaoyu in China, are claimed by Beijing.
   Japan lodged a strong protest to China through diplomatic channels, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a press conference in Tokyo.