Dr Hanich's team also identified nearly 3,000 North Korean boats illegally fishing in Russian waters across 2017 and 2018. The Japan Coast Guard was summoned after a pair of Chinese naval vessels approached a Japanese fishing boat near disputed islets in the East China Sea, according to the coast guard. The Japanese government has filed protest with China after a fishing boat in the waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea was harassed by a … Two Japanese fishing boats were sailing in the waters near the group of small islands, known as Diaoyu in China, according to the 11th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters based in … In the same year, Argentina sank a Chinese boat it claimed was fishing illegally in its waters. Five years ago an international court rejected Chinese claims of … Chinese government ships have now spent 84 days in waters around the islands, Japan's coast guard said Monday, but the actual intrusion into Japan's territorial waters ups … The number of Chinese boats allegedly illegally fishing for flying squid has been increasing rapidly in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Ishikawa Prefecture's Noto Peninsula. PHOTO: Japan Coast Guard . Japanese coast guard personnel are searching for five crewmembers missing from a Chinese fishing boat that capsized near disputed waters By The Associated Press March 3, … Two Chinese coast guard ships—including one armed with an "autocannon"—entered Japan's territorial waters for the second successive day Tuesday and harassed a Japanese fishing … Japan “strictly protested” to the Chinese side and demanded that the Chinese ships immediately move out of Japanese waters, Kato said. The Philippines says the fishing boats do not appear to be fishing and are crewed by China's maritime militia. "[The Chinese fishing boats… Japan’s coastguard has ordered over 100 Chinese fishing boats out of Japanese waters so far this year. The Chinese ships seem to be tracking the movements of Japanese fishing boats in the area. Indonesia, South Africa, and the Philippines have all had recent run-ins with Chinese fishing … On July 4, two China Coast Guard ships intruded into Japanese territorial waters for a record 39 hours and 23 minutes, the longest period of time since the islands were placed under Japanese state control in September 2012.