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US COAST GUARD

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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