Tokyo: Japan Coast Guard (JCG) on Wednesday confirmed that a Chinese buoy that was installed in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is no longer there. The buoy had been floating in the area since July 2023, even though the Japanese government had demanded that China remove it and issued warnings about the buoy to vessels navigating in the area.
On Tuesday, the coast guard officials had said that the buoy was spotted in the waters northwest of Okinawa Prefecture's Senkaku Islands, which are located in southern Japan.
However, the situation in the waters around the Senkaku remains tense, with Chinese Coast Guard vessels spotted near the uninhabited Islands for a record 353 days last year. On Wednesday, the Japan Coast Guard said four Chinese government vessels had briefly entered Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku, reported the Japan Times.
The dispute over the Senkaku Islands between Japan, China, and Taiwan is several decades old. The group of tiny, uninhabited islets and rocks in the East China Sea is administered by Japan. It is referred to as the Senkaku Islands in Japan, the Diaoyu Islands in China, and the Diaoyutai Islands in Taiwan. (IANS)
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