By MATTHEW M. BURKE AND AYA ICHIHASHI | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 21, 2021
Japanese diplomats lodged a protest with their Chinese counterparts Wednesday over Beijing’s repeated intrusions into waters surrounding disputed islets in the East China Sea.
The comments about the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Island chain came during a maritime security videoconference between senior diplomats from both countries, a spokesman from Japan’s Foreign Ministry told Stars and Stripes by phone Thursday.
Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, and Hong Liang, director general of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs, took part in the conference, the spokesman said.