The G7 Kananaskis Summit was held from June 16 to 17. The G7 emphasized at the importance of a free and open Indo-Pacific, and also discussed China's maritime expansion in the East and South China Sea.
From last month to the latter half of this month, Chinese Navy aircraft carriers (Lioning and Shandong) conducted exercise in the western Pacific.
On June 20, Japan Coast Guard hosted a joint exercise with the U.S. and the Philippine Coast Guard in Kagoshima Prefecture. This is the first time for Japan Coast Guard to host the Japan, the US and the Philippine trilateral exercise.
Cooperation between the coast guards of Japan, the United States, and the Philippines has been rapidly strengthening since last year.
[Statistical Data as of June 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.
https://www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/
May. |
Contiguous zone |
Territorial |
Jun. |
Contiguous zone |
Territorial |
16 |
4 |
26 |
4 |
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17 |
4 |
27 |
2 |
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18 |
4 |
28 |
4 |
||
19 |
4 |
29 |
4 |
||
20 |
4 |
30 |
|
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21 |
4 |
|
|
||
22 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
23 |
4 |
|
|
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24 |
4 |
|
|
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25 |
2 |
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