On May 21, Japan Coast Guard (JCG) released an official annual report, “Japan Coast Guard Report 2025,” which summarizes the JCG's activities over the past year.
This report describes in detail, including illustrations, how Japan Coast Guard protects Japan's territorial waters and EEZs, including the Senkaku Islands.
In light of the increasing number of international operations conducted by Japan Coast Guard in cooperation with foreign coast guard agencies, the report also covers in detail international cooperation operations in many fields, such as anti-piracy, anti-terrorism, maritime rescue, and environmental protection.
Since the 2010s, Japan Coast Guard has been responding to the increase in smuggling and piracy under economic globalization by creating a framework for international cooperation with the Pacific coast countries and other organizations.
This report mentions Japan Coast Guard's track record of providing expertise and technology to other countries in areas such as search and rescue and diving.
[Statistical Data as of May 30]
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.
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