Japan on alert after Chinese warships spotted near island

ABC – Chinese warships, including two destroyers, have been spotted in waters near a Japanese island, further stoking tensions with Beijing over a disputed archipelago. “A Japanese aircraft spotted seven Chinese naval ships in waters 49 kilometres south-south-east of Yonaguni island,” a defence ministry official in Tokyo said. Yonaguni is an inhabited territory internationally acknowledged as Japanese. According to the Japanese the ships included two destroyers – at least one of which had missile capacity – two frigates, two submarine rescue ships and one supply ship. “They were moving north, from the Pacific Ocean to the East China Sea,” the spokesman added. Read Article

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