中国にブイ即時撤去要求　外務省幹部、福岡で会談

　外務省の鯰博行アジア大洋州局長は２日、来日した中国外務省の劉勁松アジア局長と福岡市内で会談し、東シナ海の日本の排他的経済水域（ＥＥＺ）内で中国が設置した海上ブイの即時撤去を要求した。新たに見つかった「中国」表記のブイについても説明を迫った。日本外務省が同日発表した。（2024/02/02-21:04）

Japan on Friday demanded that China immediately remove buoys it has installed inside Japan's exclusive economic zone in the East China Sea.
   Hiroyuki Namazu, director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, made the demand at a meeting with his Chinese counterpart in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka.
   The Japanese side also sought an explanation for a newly found buoy with the word meaning China on it.
   In Beijing, the Chinese foreign ministry's spokesperson told a press briefing the same day that the new buoy was originally placed near the mouth of the Yangtze River in China, but has drifted into Japan's EEZ due to a technical problem.
   The Japanese and Chinese governments are in contact to handle the matter, the spokesperson added.