Dos submarinos chinos y varios buques de superficie fueron detectados en aguas internacionales, a unas 90 millas de la isla de Okinawa el pasado 10-11 de abril, y Tokyo está investigando que hacían estos buques en la zona.
Los encontronazos entre la Marina China y la Marina Japonesa están yendo en aumento. Ambos países reclaman la soberanía de aguas con grandes depósitos de gas en la región.
En la zona de Okinawa existen docenas de bases norteamericanas con mas de 47.000 militares. El ministro de defensa japonés ha declarado que se está estudiando la respuesta a esta acción.
La pasada semana, un helicóptero chino voló a unos 300 pies de un buque militar japonés que vigilaba unos ejercicio navales chinos, ante lo cual Tokyo ha pedido explicaciones a China por cauces diplomáticos.
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Encounters between China's growing military and the Japanese navy have increased in the waters between the two countries in recent years. Both governments lay claim to valuable undersea gas deposits in the region, which they have agreed to develop jointly.
Okinawan islands also have dozens of U.S. military bases. More than half of the 47,000 U.S. troops in Japan under a security pact are hosted on the islands.
"We are now conducting a detailed analysis and will decide on our response after a thorough investigation, including whether there was any intent toward this country or not," Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa said of the presence of the Chinese vessels. Last week, a Chinese helicopter came within about 300 feet of a Japanese military monitoring vessel that was in the vicinity of a China naval exercise, the ministry spokeswoman said.
Tokyo has asked for an explanation of that incident through diplomatic channels
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