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COAST GUARD

JAPAN
Oct 28, 2013
Protest is lodged over China's latest intrusion
Japan lodged a protest Monday with Beijing over the Chinese ships that are repeatedly intruding into Japan's territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 4, 2013
Korean fishing boat skipper arrested
The Japan Coast Guard has arrested the captain of a South Korean fishing boat that ignored an order to stop for inspection in Japan's exclusive economic zone, the coast guard said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2013
Next Coast Guard chief to come up from ranks
Yuji Sato, the Japan Coast Guard's vice commandant of operations, will soon be promoted to commandant, becoming the first officer from within the Coast Guard to hold the top post, a government source said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2013
Freighter may have hit missing skipper's trawler
The Japan Coast Guard inspected a foreign-flagged car-carrier ship Tuesday suspected of involvement in a collision in the Pacific off Miyagi Prefecture in which a tuna boat capsized and its captain is listed as missing, officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2013
Eight Chinese vessels enter Senkaku area
Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters Tuesday around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, the Japan Coast Guard said.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2013
Three Chinese vessels enter territorial waters near Senkakus
Three Chinese maritime surveillance ships sail inside Japanese territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Thursday morning.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 22, 2013
Senkaku showdown taxing forces
The past few months have put the Japan Coast Guard and Air Self-Defense Force to the test, as they defend the nation's territorial waters and airspace around the Senkaku islets in the East China Sea, a flash point for potential military clashes with China.

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