Japan protests China s installation of a survey buoy in Japan s EEZ near Senkaku Islands asianews.network - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from asianews.network Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tensions remain high over the Japan-controlled, China-claimed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea as Beijing continues to regularly send vessels into nearby waters, with Sunday marking 10 years since Tokyo brought most of the islets under state control.
The Kazu I tour boat that sank off Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido was successfully hoisted aboard a barge in the early hours of May 27, after a previous attempt to retrieve it was unsuccessful.
The Japan Coast Guard is considering expanding its rescue capabilities across the country following the sinking of a tour boat off Hokkaido, in which it took more than three hours to respond to the distress call.