Three Chinese government patrol ships have entered Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
Japan's Coast Guard says the 3 were among 6 Chinese vessels which entered the contiguous zone outside Japan's territorial waters off the disputed islands between 5 AM and 6:30 AM on Monday morning.
Coast Guard officials have confirmed that the marine surveillance ships, "Haijian 46" and "Haijian 66", each entered Japan's territorial waters from west northwest and northwest of Kubashima Island between 6:30 and 7 AM.
The third Chinese ship arrived in territorial waters off Taishoto Island around 10:40 AM.
The islands belong to the Senkaku island group.
A Coast Guard patrol boat has been issuing radio warnings in Chinese for the ships to leave Japanese waters, but there has been no response. The 3 vessels are still navigating in Japanese waters.
The Chinese government vessels have been in the waters off the disputed islands since last Tuesday.
This is the second time in the past week that the ships have intruded into Japanese waters.
NHK
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