Japan protests Chinese boats in disputed East China Sea

‘Japan has lodged a strong protest with Beijing after some 230 Chinese fishing vessels and six coastguard ships sailed close to the disputed islands in the East China Sea.
In a statement released on Saturday, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said its Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau had submitted the protest to the Chinese embassy in Tokyo, demanding that the ships leave the area immediately and “never enter Japan’s territorial waters.”
The move came one day after the Japanese coastguard spotted the Chinese vessels swarming around the contested islets known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China.’
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