Chinese and Russian vessels and aircrafts continue to be active in the waters and airspace surrounding Japan and East Asia.

Chinese Coast Guard vessels continue to operate in the waters around Senkaku Islands, entering in Japanese contiguous zone for about 100 consecutive days. On February 12, an intrusion into Japanese territorial water was also confirmed. This is the second time this year.

A Russian intelligence-gathering vessel has been navigating relentlessly in close to Japan's territorial waters. It has been confirmed that this vessel has been continuously navigating Japanese contiguous zone off Okinawa, Miyazaki, and Nagasaki prefectures. The persistent harassment is attracting a great deal of attention, as well as the question of where the military objectives lie.

In the South China Sea, Chinese aircrafts have conducted “unsafe and unprofessional” actions and “dangerous flight maneuvers” against Australian and Philippines’s aircrafts.

[Statistical Data as of February 27]

Japan Coast Guard (JCG) daily updates the statistical data on the number of China Coast Guard vessels entering in the contiguous zone around the Senkaku Islands and intruding into Japanese territorial waters. The below is from the website of JCG.

(https://www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/mission/senkaku/senkaku.html)