Japanese PM Kishida expressed concern over the issue at a bilateral meeting with Chinese Premier Li.
TOKYO - Japan has spotted Chinese ships sailing near disputed islands in the East China Sea for a record 158 consecutive days, Tokyo’s top government spokesman said on May 27.
Relations deteriorated in 2012 when Tokyo “nationalised” some of these remote islands, and Japanese officials regularly protest against the presence of Chinese coast guard and other vessels in the surrounding waters. “The government considers this series of navigations within the contiguous zone and intrusions into territorial waters an extremely serious matter,” he told reporters.
Mr Kishida is in the South Korean capital for the first trilateral summit with Mr Li and President Yoon Suk Yeol in nearly five years. It was held on the morning of May 27.
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