The Ministry of Defense of Japan reported that a Chinese Navy's measurement ship drove to the waters near Kagoshima in Japan on Friday (September 15).This is Japan's ninth notice similar event, and the Japanese government has protested to the Chinese side through diplomatic channels.
According to the Kyodo News Agency, the Japanese Defense Provincial Provincial Provincial September (16th) published a news that the Chinese Navy's measurement ship was at about 7 pm on Friday in the southeast direction of Kueroshima Prefecture.West Airlines.The measuring ship drove at the northeast of the mouth of the mouth of the mouth of the southwest of the southwestern House Island at about 10:10 pm. At 11.45, it left from the north side of the island of the mouth and moved west to the East China Sea.
The Ministry of Defense said that the Japanese Maritime Self -Defense Force frigates and patrollers monitors the activities of Chinese measurement ships; the Japanese government has also expressed strong concerns to China through diplomatic channels and protests.
It is reported that since November 2021, the Chinese Navy's measured ships will be notified every few months since November 2021, which is the ninth notice of similar activities in Japan.Measurement ships are usually used to explorate the underwater terrain and determine whether the underwater terrain is conducive to submarine sailing.
The Ministry of Defense of Japan also released news on June 30 this year that four ships such as the Chinese Navy's missile destroyers sail offshore in Kagoshima Prefecture and drive from the East China Sea to the Pacific Ocean.The Ministry of Defense of Japan also confirmed that a helicopter landed on one of the warships, and the Japanese Air Self -Defense Force fighter emerged.
