中国海軍測量艦が領海侵入　７月以来、７度目―防衛省

　防衛省は１５日、鹿児島県・屋久島の周辺海域で、中国海軍の測量艦１隻が日本の領海に侵入したと発表した。中国軍艦による領海侵入は７月以来で、７度目。日本政府は外交ルートを通じて中国側に懸念を伝えた。
　同省によると１５日午前３時半ごろ、鹿児島県・種子島南東の日本の接続水域内を西進する中国海軍のシュパン級測量艦１隻を、海上自衛隊が発見。午前７時２０分ごろに屋久島南方で領海内に侵入したのを、警戒監視していた海自の護衛艦「いなづま」やＰ１哨戒機が確認した。中国艦は領海内を約３時間半航行し、午前１１時前に同県口永良部島西方で領海外に出た。（2022/09/15-14:31）

A Chinese navy survey vessel entered Japanese territorial waters around Yakushima island in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on Thursday, Japan's Defense Ministry said.
   It was the seventh intrusion by a Chinese military vessel into Japanese waters and the first since July. The Japanese government conveyed its concern over the incident to the Chinese side through diplomatic channels.
   According to the ministry, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force spotted a Chinese navy survey ship sailing to the west in the Japanese contiguous zone southeast of Tanegashima island in Kagoshima around 3:30 a.m. the same day (6:30 p.m. Wednesday GMT).
   The vessel crossed into Japanese territorial waters south of Yakushima around 7:20 a.m., which was confirmed by the MSDF destroyer Inazuma and P-1 patrol aircraft monitoring the ship.
   The Chinese vessel sailed in Japanese waters for about three-and-a-half hours before exiting the area at a point west of Kuchinoerabu island, also in Kagoshima, shortly before 11 a.m.