CHINESE RESEARCH SHIP FOUND IN JAPAN'S ECONOMIC ZONE

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2017
• Case Number: F-2016-01961
• Publication Date: July 22, 2000

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SUBJ: CHINESE RESEARCH SHIP FOUND IN JAPAN'S ECONOMIC ZONE
SOURCE: TOKYO KYODO IN ENGLISH 0710 GMT 22 JUL 2000
TEXT:
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NAHA, JAPAN, JULY 22 KYODO -- THE JAPAN COAST GUARD SAID
SATURDAY IT HAS SPOTTED A CHINESE RESEARCH SHIP OPERATING IN
JAPAN'S EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF OKINAWA PREFECTURE.
A COAST GUARD UNIT IN NAHA FOUND THE HAI YANG 04 RESEARCH SHIP
OPERATING SOME 100 KILOMETERS NORTHWEST OF ISHIGAKI ISLAND IN
OKINAWA PREFECTURE SHORTLY BEFORE 8 P.M. FRIDAY, COAST GUARD
OFFICIALS SAID.
THEY SAID A COAST GUARD AIRCRAFT FOUND THE 3,300-TON SHIP
TRAVELING NORTHWEST AND DRAGGING THREE CABLES.
THE COAST GUARD RADIOED THE SHIP, TELLING IT TO STOP ITS
ACTIVITIES. BUT THE SHIP DID NOT RESPOND, AND THE COAST GUARD
CONTINUED MONITORING IT, THE OFFICIALS SAID.
THE COAST GUARD DID NOT SAY WHAT KIND OF RESEARCH THE SHIP WAS
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CONDUCTING.
IN A RELATED DEVELOPMENT, A SENIOR DEFENSE AGENCY OFFICIAL SAID
FRIDAY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAD LODGED A SECOND COMPLAINT
AGAINST THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT OVER REPORTS THAT CHINESE NAVY SHIPS
FREQUENTLY CONDUCT RESEARCH IN JAPAN'S EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE.
THE COMPLAINT FOLLOWS A PROTEST FILED DURING BILATERAL SECURITY
TALKS IN JUNE OVER A SERIES OF RESEARCH OPERATIONS BY CHINESE NAVY
SHIPS IN THE SEA AROUND JAPAN.
THE LATEST COMPLAINT WAS AGAINST A CHINESE NAVY SHIP THAT
CONDUCTED RESEARCH AROUND JAPAN IN JULY WITHOUT GIVING JAPAN PRIOR
NOTICE.
TOKYO ASKED BEIJING TO NOTIFY IN ADVANCE IF IT PLANS TO CONDUCT
SUCH RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.
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SOURCE: TOKYO JIJI PRESS IN ENGLISH 1158 GMT 21 JUL 00
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[FBIS TRANSCRIBED TEXT] TOKYO, JULY 21 (MI PRESS) -- JAPAN
HAS FILED A PROTEST AGAINST THE RECENT OPERATIONS OF CHINESE NAVAL
MISSILE SURVEILLANCE AND INTELLIGENCE SHIPS AROUND JAPAN, IT WAS
LEARNED FRIDAY.
THE FOREIGN MINISTRY IN THE PROTEST HAS CLAIMED THAT JAPAN IS
KEEPING CLOSE VIGILANCE ON THE ACTIVITIES OF CHINESE MILITARY SHIPS
AROUND THE JAPANESE TERRITORIAL WATERS, A MINISTRY SOURCE SAID.
SENIOR MINISTRY OFFICIALS VISITED THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN TOKYO
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY TO FILE THE PROTEST, THE SOURCE SAID.
EMBASSY OFFICIALS ANSWERED THAT THEY WILL REPORT THE JAPANESE
PROTEST TO THEIR HOME GOVERNMENT AND THAT THOSE SHIPS' ACTIVITIES
ARE NORMAL, THE SOURCE SAID.
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