日台海保が合同訓練　房総半島南方沖で

　【台北時事】海上保安庁と台湾海巡署（海保に相当）が１８日に、千葉県・房総半島南方の海上で合同訓練を行ったことが分かった。台湾政府筋が１９日、明らかにした。日台は双方の窓口機関が交わした海難救助に関する覚書に基づき、これまでも非公開で合同訓練を行ってきたが、実施が明らかになったのは初めて。
　同筋によると、台湾海巡署の巡視船「巡護９号」が、海保巡視船「さがみ」と捜索や救助、通信などの訓練を実施。巡護９号は訓練に先立ち、東京港に停泊し、燃料や水、食料の補給を行ったという。
　東・南シナ海では中国が威圧的行動を活発化させており、日台は警戒を強めている。中国海警局の船舶は沖縄県・尖閣諸島沖で頻繁に領海へ侵入、台湾の離島・金門島付近でも巡視活動を強化している。（2024/07/19-12:59）

The Japan Coast Guard and Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration carried out a joint maritime exercise Thursday to the south of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, Taiwanese government sources said Friday.
   The two sides had conducted undisclosed joint drills based on a memorandum regarding maritime rescues, but this is the first time that such training has been made known to the public.
   According to the sources, Taiwan's Hsun Hu No. 9 patrol ship engaged in a search, rescue and communication drill with the JCG's Sagami patrol vessel. Prior to the exercise, the Taiwanese vessel made a port call at Tokyo for supplies of fuel, water and food.
   Tokyo and Taipei are on alert over China's increasingly coercive actions in the East and South China seas. Chinese coast guard ships have frequently entered Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands, controlled by Japan but claimed by Beijing, and have stepped up patrol activities near Taiwan's Kinmen Islands.
   Since signing the memorandum in 2017, Japan and Taiwan have cooperated in exercises for maritime rescues that could be conducted in waters close to both sides. The drills are believed to be kept under wraps so as not to excessively provoke China.