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CHINA-KINMEN-BOAT INCIDENT-FISHERMEN-MEMORIAL SERVICE (CN)

(240730) -- KINMEN, July 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Representatives from Taiwan's coast guard authority attend a joint memorial service for a February boat incident victims at a funeral parlor in Kinmen on July 30, 2024. The bodies of the two Chinese mainland fishermen who were killed in a February boat incident near the island of Kinmen were returned to the mainland on Tuesday, along with a detained fishing boat. Ahead of the return, family members of the victims reached a consensus with the Taiwan side in Kinmen, following negotiations concerning the aftermath of the incident. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Chenghao)

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Taiwan: Winds And Rain Pick Up Ahead Of Typhoon Gaemi Landfall 4

Winds and rain have started to pick up in Taiwan on Wednesday, July 24, ahead of Typhoon Gaemi's forecast landfall later today or early Thursday. The first typhoon to affect Taiwan this season, Gaemi packs maximum sustained winds of up to 162 kph, with gusts of up to 198 kph.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Uotsuri (back), one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013, a year after the Japanese government purchased some of the islets, which are claimed by China and Taiwan. The Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Hayato is seen in the front. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the so-called contiguous zone just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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3 Chinese vessels near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard patrol ships Ishigaki (C) and Yamakuni (R) prevent the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 66 (L) from approaching a Japanese fishing boat on May 26, 2013, in Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Three Chinese maritime surveillance vessels sailed the same day into Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands, which are controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.

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3 Chinese vessels near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Yoshino (front) sails to prevent the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 46 (back L) from approaching Japanese fishing boats (2nd and 3rd from front) on May 26, 2013, in Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Three Chinese maritime surveillance vessels sailed the same day into Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands, which are controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.

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Taiwan adds new ship to patrol Senkakus

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou speaks in the southern port city of Kaohsiung on March 30, 2013, to commission a new 2,000-ton coast guard vessel to join a fleet patrolling waters near a cluster of Japanese-administered islands in the East China Sea.

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Taiwan adds new ship to patrol Senkakus

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - The Hsin Bei frigate, a new 2,000-ton Taiwan Coast Guard vessel, discharges water during an exercise in the southern port city of Kaohsiung on March 30, 2013. The Hsin Bei joins a fleet patrolling waters near a cluster of Japanese-administered islands in the East China Sea.

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Taiwan vessels in Senkaku waters

YORON, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News aircraft shows Taiwan boats and a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship in Japanese territorial waters near Uotsuri Island (back), one of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 25, 2012.

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Taiwan vessels in Senkaku waters

YORON, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News aircraft shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship (bottom) shooting a water canon at a Taiwan fishing boat found in Japanese territorial waters near Uotsuri Island (back), one of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Sept. 25, 2012.

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Taiwan boats enter Japan's territorial waters near Senkakus

YORON, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows a Taiwanese surveillance ship (top) spraying water and a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship (C) spraying water at a Taiwanese fishing boat after dozens of Taiwanese vessels entered Japan's territorial waters on the morning of Sept. 25, 2012, off Uotsuri Island, one of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands.

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Taiwan boats enter Japan's territorial waters near Senkakus

YORON, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows Taiwanese vessels and Japan Coast Guard patrol ships in Japan's territorial waters on the morning of Sept. 25, 2012, off Uotsuri Island, one of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands.

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Taiwan boats enter Japan's territorial waters near Senkakus

YORON, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows a Taiwanese surveillance ship (4th from top) spraying water and a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship (3rd from top) spraying water at a Taiwanese fishing boat after dozens of Taiwanese vessels entered Japan's territorial waters on the morning of Sept. 25, 2012, off Uotsuri Island, one of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands.

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Taiwan boats enter Japan's territorial waters near Senkakus

YORON, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows Taiwanese vessels and Japan Coast Guard patrol ships in Japan's territorial waters on the morning of Sept. 25, 2012, off Uotsuri Island (top), one of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands.

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Taiwan boats enter Japan's territorial waters near Senkakus

YORON, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows Taiwanese vessels and Japan Coast Guard patrol ships in Japan's territorial waters on the morning of Sept. 25, 2012, off Uotsuri Island (top), one of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands.

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Taiwan boats enter Japan's territorial waters near Senkakus

YORON, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship (L bottom) spraying water at a Taiwanese fishing boat, and a Taiwanese surveillance ship (L top), after dozens of Taiwanese vessels entered Japan's territorial waters on the morning of Sept. 25, 2012, off Uotsuri Island, one of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands.

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Japan to free Chinese boat captain

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Zhan Qixiong, the skipper of a Chinese fishing boat, being transferred from a Japan Coast Guard office to a public prosecutors office in Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 9, 2010. Zhan was arrested after his boat collided with Coast Guard vessels near the disputed Senkaku Islands, administered by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan, on Sept. 8. The prosecutors decided to release Zhan on Sept. 24.

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Chinese boat in collisions

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Chinese fishing boat which collided with a Japan Coast Guard vessel near the Senkaku Islands, administered by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan, at Ishigaki port in Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2010. The Naha District Public Prosecutors Office decided on Sept. 24 to release the captain of the boat who had been detained over the incident.

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Japan to free Chinese boat captain

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Zhan Qixiong, skipper of a Chinese fishing boat being transferred from a coast guard office to the public prosecutors office in Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 9, 2010. He was arrested by the Japan Coast Guard after his boat collided with Japanese coastguard vessels near the disputed Senkaku Islands, administered by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan, on Sept. 8 but the Naha District Public Prosecutors Office decided to release him on Sept. 24.

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2 Filipino sailors confess to killing Japanese mate at sea

KOBE, Japan - The Tajima, a Panamanian-registered Japanese tanker, is pictured in waters off the port of Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 18. The ship has reported to the Japan Coast Guard that a Japanese sailor who went missing at sea on April 7 off Taiwan was killed by two Filipino sailors, who have confessed to the crime.

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(1)Chinese activists try to reach disputed isles off Okinawa

FUKUOKA, Japan - A ship carrying Chinese activists, who claim a group of uninhabited isles near southwestern Japan belongs to China, is spotted on June 23 some 45 kilometers northeast of the isles, which are called the Senkaku Islands by Japan and Diaoyu Islands by China. Taiwan also claims the isles and calls them Tiaoyutai. The ship is flying Chinese national flags. Photo was provided by the Japan Coast Guard. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan group's ship cruising away from Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - What is believed to be a Taiwanese ship carrying a citizens' group sails in the waters about 40 kilometers west-southwest of the Senkaku Islands in a photo taken by the Japan Coast Guard at 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 17. JCG said the boat later reversed course after approaching the disputed islands, which are claimed by Japan, Taiwan and China. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan group's ship cruising away from Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - What is believed to a Taiwanese fishing boat (fore) carrying a citizens' group sails in the waters about 40 kilometers west-southwest of Senkaku Islands in a photo taken by the Japan Coast Guard at 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 17. A JCG patrol ship follows it in the back. JCG said the boat later reversed course after approaching the disputed islands, which are claimed by Japan, Taiwan and China. (Kyodo)

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10 Taiwan vessels temporarily in Japan waters near disputed islet

NAHA, Japan - A Taiwanese boat (L in front), accompanied by two Taiwanese patrol vessels, head to the disputed Senkaku islets in the East china Sea in an apparent protest against Japan's handling of a ship collision involving a Taiwanese boat last week, the Japan Coast Guard said. A vessel (above) is a Japanese patrol boat. The Japanese-administered islets are claimed also by Taiwan and China. Photo was provided by the coast guard. (Kyodo)

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Japan to free Chinese boat captain

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Zhan Qixiong, the skipper of a Chinese fishing boat, being transferred from a Japan Coast Guard office to a public prosecutors office in Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 9, 2010. Zhan was arrested after his boat collided with Coast Guard vessels near the disputed Senkaku Islands, administered by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan, on Sept. 8. The prosecutors decided to release Zhan on Sept. 24. (Kyodo)

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Japan to free Chinese boat captain

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Zhan Qixiong, skipper of a Chinese fishing boat being transferred from a coast guard office to the public prosecutors office in Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 9, 2010. He was arrested by the Japan Coast Guard after his boat collided with Japanese coastguard vessels near the disputed Senkaku Islands, administered by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan, on Sept. 8 but the Naha District Public Prosecutors Office decided to release him on Sept. 24. (Kyodo)

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Chinese boat in collisions

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Chinese fishing boat which collided with a Japan Coast Guard vessel near the Senkaku Islands, administered by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan, at Ishigaki port in Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2010. The Naha District Public Prosecutors Office decided on Sept. 24 to release the captain of the boat who had been detained over the incident. (Kyodo)

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Panama freighter sinks off Nagasaki, 6 dead, 1 missing

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Crewmen of the 3,986-ton Panamanian freighter Triumph are seen adrift in a lifeboat off the Goto Islands in western Nagasaki Prefecture early Feb. 12. The ship, which was sailing to Taiwan from South Korea sank in the East China Sea, leaving six sailors dead and one missing among its crew of 20, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Taiwan holds rescue training exercise in South China Sea

Taiwan's coast guard and navy stage a joint humanitarian rescue exercise in waters off the Taiwan-controlled Taiping Island in the South China Sea on Nov. 29, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan protests over Chinese research ship near Senkakus

FUKUOKA, Japan - A Chinese marine research ship is spotted operating on May 13 in Japan's exclusive economic zone some 65 kilometers northwest of Uotsuri Island, one of the Senkaku Islands claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan. Japan lodged a protest with China, saying the ship entered the exclusive economic zone without prior notice. The photo was taken by a Japan Coast Guard plane. (Kyodo)

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Japan to ask China to stop marine research without notice

FUKUOKA, Japan - A Chinese marine research ship is seen on May 12 operating in Japan's exclusive economic zone some 69 kilometers northwest of Uotsuri, one of the disputed Senkaku Islands claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan. Japan will urge China at a ministerial-level meeting to stop operating marine research vessels in Japan's exclusive economic zones without prior notice. The photo was taken by the Japan Coast Guard. (Kyodo)

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2 Filipino sailors confess to killing Japanese mate at sea

KOBE, Japan - The Tajima, a Panamanian-registered Japanese tanker, is pictured in waters off the port of Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 18. The ship has reported to the Japan Coast Guard that a Japanese sailor who went missing at sea on April 7 off Taiwan was killed by two Filipino sailors, who have confessed to the crime.

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Ship runs aground near Naha airport, blocking planes

NAHA, Japan - A cargo ship runs aground on a reef near Okinawa's Naha airport (in background) Sept. 28, temporarily disrupting incoming flights. The Taiwan-registered, 12,406-ton Uni Moral hit a reef 850 meters north of the end of a runway and prevented aircraft from landing for about two hours. The photo was provided by the Japan Coast Guard.