(VOVworld) – 3 Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) ships have entered Japanese territorial waters off the disputed Senkaku or Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea, said the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) on Friday.
This is the first incursion since September 20^th and the twenty-fourth this year.

Chinese patrol ship at the territorial waters near Senkaku/ Diaoyu islands on April 23 (Photo: AFP)

According to JCG, a Japanese patrol ship warned the Chinese Haijing 2113, 2146 and 2350 ships to leave Japanese territorial waters, but China said in a statement that the territorial waters belong to China and that Japanese ships were the violators. The disputes in the territorial waters have worsened China-Japan relations, especially after the Japanese government nationalized 3 of the 5 Senkaku/Diaoyu islands.