Chinese research ship spotted in Japanese EEZ

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Japan's coast guard said it observed the Chinese research vessel lowering a "pipe-like object" into the sea.

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A Chinese research vessel was seen lowering a pipe-like object into the sea within Japan's exclusive economic zone on Sunday, the Japan Coast Guard said.

Chinese research ship spotted in Japanese EEZ

The research ship sailed out of the Japan-China median line at about 1:20 p.m. after it was asked by a JCG patrol ship by radio to stop operating.

On the 11th, the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters (Naha) announced that it had confirmed that the Chinese oceanographic research vessel "Kaike 001" was lowering something like a pipe into the sea within Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in Okinawa Prefecture. Suspecting that the vessel was conducting an unauthorized oceanographic survey, the JCG patrol vessel radioed to stop the operation...