東シナ海で新たな構造物確認　政府、中国に抗議

　外務省は２０日、東シナ海の日中中間線の中国側海域で新たな掘削施設とみられる構造物設置の動きがあると発表した。船越健裕アジア大洋州局長は、「中国側が一方的な開発を進めていることは極めて遺憾だ」として、駐日中国大使館の楊宇次席公使に電話で強く抗議した。（2022/05/21-01:00）

Japan's Foreign Ministry said Friday that it has confirmed Chinese moves to establish a structure believed to be a drilling facility in the East China Sea.
   The structure is on the Chinese side of the geographical equidistance line between Japan and China, according to the ministry.
   "It is extremely regrettable that China is unilaterally going ahead with development," said Takehiro Funakoshi, director-general of the ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau.
   He made a strong protest to Yang Yu, charge d'affaires ad interim of the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, over the telephone.
   Japan and China agreed on joint gas development in the East China Sea in 2008, but little progress has been made in working-level talks on the matter. China is proceeding with development unilaterally.