China's patrol ships enter Japanese territory after Japan backs India on LAC issue

Days after Japan backed India and called for a peaceful resolution, opposing any unilateral attempts to change status quo, Chinese patrol ships have entered Japanese territorial waters, Japan's Coast Guard has said. As per international reports, two Chinese patrol ships entered waters off Senkaku Islands in East China Sea. Moreover, y approached a Japanese fishing boat inside territorial waters, and  Coast Guard said it was longest intrusion into territorial waters by Chinese ships. 

This ds to Japan's ongoing tiff with China over uninhabited Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in Indo-Pacific sea, which has been ministered by Japan since 1972. Since April, Japan has reportedly spotted at least 67 Chinese ships near Senkaku islands. Japan has alrey deployed its missiles towards its border facing China amid its several maritime incursions.

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This also comes after Japan on Friday sought to expand its defense intelligence sharing to India, Australia and U.K. Japan has reportedly decided to include se three nations by amending its state secrets law which alrey covers US. 

On June 22, Ishigaki City Council in Japan's Okinawa approved legislation to change ministrative status of Senkaku islands by changing its name from "Toshiro" to Toshiro Senkaku", to reportedly avoid confusion. islands, 1,200 miles (1,931 kilometers) southwest of Tokyo, have been ministered by Japan since 1972, but both nations have claimed islands as ir own for over a hundred years.

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Japan backs India

Amid India-China tensions at Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Lakh and Chinese attempts to change status quo, Japan has backed India. Satoshi Suzuki, Japanese Ambassor to New Delhi, on Friday said that he h a "good talk" with Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla in this regard.

Suzuki appreciated his briefing on situation along LAC, including Government of India's policy to pursue a peaceful resolution. "Japan hopes for a peaceful resolution and opposes any unilateral attempts to change status quo," he said.

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