中国海軍測量艦が領海侵入　鹿児島沖、外交ルートで抗議―防衛省

　防衛省は３１日、中国海軍の測量艦１隻が鹿児島県・屋久島周辺で日本の領海に侵入したと発表した。中国海軍艦艇による領海侵入は昨年９月以来で、通算１３回目。２６日には中国軍のＹ９情報収集機が長崎県の男女群島沖で領空侵犯したばかりで、政府は再び外交ルートで中国側に抗議した。
　防衛省によると、３１日早朝、鹿児島県の口永良部島沖を東に進む中国海軍の測量艦１隻を海上自衛隊が発見。午前６時ごろ、口永良部島南西の領海内に入り、屋久島の南西側に抜けるまで１時間５３分にわたり領海内を航行。海自の哨戒機と掃海艇が警戒監視に当たった。測量艦はその後、南側に去ったという。（2024/08/31-16:49）

A survey vessel from the Chinese navy entered Japanese waters near the island of Yakushima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Saturday morning, the Japanese Defense Ministry said.
   This marked the 13th time that a Chinese navy vessel has intruded into Japanese waters and the first such case since September last year.
   The Japanese government protested to the Chinese government through diplomatic channels over the incident, which came after a Y-9 reconnaissance plane from the Chinese military violated Japanese airspace over waters off the Danjo Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Monday.
   The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force spotted the Chinese navy survey vessel heading east off the island of Kuchinoerabu, also in Kagoshima, early Saturday morning, according to the ministry.
   Around 6 a.m., the vessel crossed into Japanese waters southwest of Kuchinoerabu and stayed within the waters for one hour and 53 minutes before leaving the waters at a point southwest of Yakushima.