日本漁船を一時追尾　領海侵入の中国公船―尖閣沖

　沖縄県石垣市の尖閣諸島沖で中国公船が領海侵入した問題で、第１１管区海上保安本部（那覇市）は９日、侵入した中国公船４隻のうち２隻が、付近で操業していた日本漁船に接近し、一時追尾する状況になったと発表した。中国公船は、昨年５月にも航行中の日本漁船に接近した例があるという。
　同本部によると、中国公船「海警」は８日午後４時５０分ごろ、魚釣島の西南西約１２キロの海上で日本漁船に接近した。漁船には３人が乗っており、海保が周囲に巡視船を配備し、海警に退去するよう無線で警告すると、離れたという。（2020/05/09-08:35）

A Japanese fishing boat was chased on Friday by Chinese coast guard ships that entered Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, a Japan Coast Guard regional headquarters said Saturday.
   Four Haijing ships from China's coast guard crossed into the Japanese waters on Friday afternoon, and two of them came close to the Japanese vessel at a point about 12 kilometers west-southwest of Uotsurijima, one of the Japanese-administered islands, around 4:50 p.m. (7:50 a.m. GMT), according to the Japan Coast Guard's 11th regional headquarters in Naha, the capital of the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa.
   The two Chinese ships then chased the fishing boat, which was operating in the area at the time with a crew of three, the regional headquarters said.
   The Japanese coast guard sent patrol ships to the scene. The Chinese government vessels went away after being warned to leave by radio by the Japanese maritime safety authorities. The islands are claimed by China, which calls them Diaoyu.
   A Japan Coast Guard official declined to comment on details of the incident for security reasons while saying, "We don't think that a dangerous event has happened."