中国公船が領海侵入　日本漁船に接近―沖縄・尖閣沖

　沖縄県石垣市の尖閣諸島沖で１６日午前、中国海警局の「海警」２隻が日本の領海に侵入した。日本漁船に接近しようとしたため、海上保安庁の巡視船が領海外へ出るよう警告し、約１１時間後に領海を出た。尖閣諸島沖での中国公船の領海侵入は１１日以来。
　第１１管区海上保安本部（那覇市）によると、２隻は１６日午前４時ごろ、大正島付近の領海に侵入し、操業中の日本漁船に接近するなどした。海保の巡視船が漁船の安全を確保し警告を続けたところ、午後３時１０分ごろに同島付近から領海を出た。いずれも機関砲のようなものを搭載していた。（2024/07/16-18:26）

Two Chinese coast guard ships entered Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the city of Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, on Tuesday.
   As the Haijing ships tried to approach Japanese fishing boats, Japan Coast Guard patrol vessels protected their safety and warned the Chinese ships to leave the waters.
   The incident marked the first entry by Chinese official ships into Japanese waters around the island chain since Thursday.
   According to the JCG's 11th regional headquarters in Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, the two Chinese ships intruded into the waters near Taisho Island in the Senkaku chain around 4 a.m. Tuesday. They were equipped with what appeared to be canons.
   The Japanese-administered islands in the East China Sea are also claimed by China, where they are called Diaoyu.