China navy ship sails near Senkakus, Japan vows to protect territory

China navy ship sails near Senkakus, Japan vows to protect territory

Katsutoshi Kawano, chief of the Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff, hints at a press conference in Tokyo on June 9, 2016 that Japan is ready to mobilize the SDF for defensive action at sea if Chinese ships intrude into Japanese waters. A Chinese navy ship entered a contiguous zone just outside Japanese territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea early in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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