{"id":2328,"date":"2024-09-05T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rips.or.jp\/en\/?page_id=2328"},"modified":"2024-10-29T11:40:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T02:40:59","slug":"vol-5-september-5-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rips.or.jp\/en\/newsletter\/vol-5-september-5-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Vol.5, September 5, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"l-container\">\n<div class=\"l-post-content\">\n<style>\nbody {\n    width: 100%;\n    height: 100%;\n    margin: 0;\n    padding: 0;\n    background-color: #fafafa;\n}\ntable tr, table th, table td {\n    border: none;\n    padding: 0;\n    margin: 0;\n    font-weight: normal;\n}\n.c-table, .l-post-content table, #tinymce.post-type-post table, #tinymce.post-type-page table, #tinymce.post-type-symposium table, #tinymce.post-type-rips_eye table, #tinymce.post-type-activity_report table, #tinymce.post-type-monthly_seminar table, #tinymce.post-type-corporate_seminar table, #tinymce.post-type-research table, #tinymce.post-type-president_column table, #tinymce.post-type-tinymcetemplates table {\n    border: none;\n    padding: 0;\n    margin: 0;\n}\n.c-table > thead > tr > th, .l-post-content table > thead > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-post table > thead > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-page table > thead > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-symposium table > thead > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-rips_eye table > thead > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-activity_report table > thead > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-monthly_seminar table > thead > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-corporate_seminar table > thead > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-research table > thead > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-president_column table > thead > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-tinymcetemplates table > thead > tr > th, .c-table > tbody > tr > th, .l-post-content table > tbody > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-post table > tbody > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-page table > tbody > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-symposium table > tbody > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-rips_eye table > tbody > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-activity_report table > tbody > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-monthly_seminar table > tbody > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-corporate_seminar table > tbody > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-research table > tbody > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-president_column table > tbody > tr > th, #tinymce.post-type-tinymcetemplates table > tbody > tr > th, .c-table > tbody > tr > td, .l-post-content table > tbody > tr > td, #tinymce.post-type-post table > tbody > tr > td, #tinymce.post-type-page table > tbody > tr > td, #tinymce.post-type-symposium table > tbody > tr > td, #tinymce.post-type-rips_eye table > tbody > tr > td, #tinymce.post-type-activity_report table > tbody > tr > td, #tinymce.post-type-monthly_seminar table > tbody > tr > td, #tinymce.post-type-corporate_seminar table > tbody > tr > td, #tinymce.post-type-research table > tbody > tr > td, #tinymce.post-type-president_column table > tbody > tr > td, #tinymce.post-type-tinymcetemplates table > tbody > tr > td {\n    border: none;\n    padding: 0;\n    margin: 0;\n}\nhr, .hr {\n    border: none;\n    border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\n    margin-left: 0;\n    margin-right: 0;\n    max-width: none;\n    margin-top: 10px;\n    margin-bottom: 10px;\n}\ncenter .table-base {\n    border-collapse: collapse;\n    height: 100%;\n    margin: 0;\n    padding: 0;\n    width: 100%;\n    background-color: #fafafa;\n}\ncenter .table-inner {\n    border-collapse: collapse;\n    border: 0;\n    width: 100%;\n    max-width: 600px;\n}\ncenter img {\n    width: 100%;\n    max-width: 100%;\n    height: auto;\n}\ncenter ul {\n    display: block;\n}\ncenter li {\n    display: block;\n}\n<\/style>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"max-width:450.0pt;border-collapse:collapse; background-color: #FFFFFF;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:6.75pt 0mm 0mm 0mm;background:cover no-repeat rgb(255,255,255)\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:6.75pt 0mm 0mm 0mm;min-width:100%\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;min-width:100%\">\n<h1 align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center;line-height:25.2pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Vol.5, September 5, 2024<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:18.0pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">What is happening in East Asian Maritime Security? The Research Institute for Peace and Security (<span class=\"il\">RIPS<\/span>) publishes the biweekly <span class=\"il\">newsletter<\/span>,<br \/>\n \u201cEast Asian Maritime Security (EAMS)\u201d and updates the information on maritime security relevant to East Asia and Japan&#8217;s territory.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:22.5pt\">\n<td style=\"padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm;height:22.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;\\00ff2d\\00ff33  \\00ff30\\0030b4\\0030b7\\0030c3\\0030af&quot;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center;line-height:32.4pt\">\n<b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:black\">Monthly Column<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center;line-height:21.0pt\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:black\">By<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:15.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center;line-height:29.7pt\">\n<b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:black\">Koichi SATO<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:16.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center;line-height:22.5pt\">\n<b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:black\">Professor, J. F. Oberlin University<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center;line-height:22.5pt\">\n<b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;display:none\"><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height:7.5pt\">\n<td style=\"padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm;height:7.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:black\">The Battle of the Philippines and Japanese Support<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:black\">in the South China Sea<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;\\00ff2d\\00ff33  \\00ff30\\0030b4\\0030b7\\0030c3\\0030af&quot;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:7.5pt\">\n<td style=\"padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm;height:7.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;\\00ff2d\\00ff33  \\00ff30\\0030b4\\0030b7\\0030c3\\0030af&quot;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">The People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) published the map of South China Sea in 1953, and they drew the nine-dash line which enclosed the<br \/>\n four groups of Islands: Pratas Islands, Paracel Islands, Spratly Islands, and Macclesfield Bank. China asserted that \u201cAll of the four groups of Islands belong to China.\u201d The Philippine government declared 53 Islands in the South China Sea belonged to the Philippines<br \/>\n in 1956. Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei also asserted their territorial claims in the South China Sea. The four Southeast Asian Nations and Chinese territorial claims overlapped each other. China could not explain the legal significance and the validity of nine-dash<br \/>\n line, and the Chinese naval capacity was limited, so that the maritime disputes have not escalated until 1990<sup>th<\/sup>.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word;text-indent:1rem\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">The Chinese maritime offensive against the Philippines in the South China Sea had begun in 1994.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn1\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref1\" title=\"\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n The Chinese maritime militia occupied the Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands, and they constructed three octagonal structures on the reef between June and December 1994. A Filippino fisherman informed the Chinese occupation to the Philippine navy in February<br \/>\n 1995. The Philippines tried to persuade China to remove the structures. China rejected this request, but China and the Philippines agreed the joint statement on PRC-RP Consultations on the South China Sea and on Other Areas of Cooperation on 10 August 1995.<br \/>\n China\u2019s conciliatory posture was welcomed by the Philippine government. But they were afraid of Chinese creeping occupation &amp; reclamation in the South China Sea. The Straits Times reported the Chinese expansion of the structures in the Mischief Reef on 11<br \/>\n November 1998. A five-story concrete structure was completed in early 1999.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn2\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref2\" title=\"\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">The Philippine Defense Secretary Orland Sanchez Mercado ordered the Philippine Navy to beach the Tank Landing Ship<br \/>\n BRP Sierra Madre at the Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on 9 May 1999 to reinforce its claims over disputed waters around the shoal, and it has since maintained a small contingent of marines there.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn3\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref3\" title=\"\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers tried to stop Chinese maritime offensive in the South China Sea. The Philippines and Vietnam suggested the draft of code of conduct (COC) in the South China Sea in the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting<br \/>\n (AMM) on 23 July 1999. ASEAN-China Summit meeting on 28 November 1999 discussed the COC, and finally they agreed the Declaration of Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) on 4 November 2002. The Chinese diplomats requested the set-up of the working<br \/>\n group to drafting the guidelines for the implementation of the DOC with ASEAN members. Their objective was to delay the implementation of the DOC, and to buy some time for the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy to occupy reefs in the South China Sea.<br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">The guidelines for the implementation of the declaration of conduct on the South China Sea was published in 2011.<br \/>\n It took 9 years from the publication of DOC. Further, the ASEAN foreign ministers failed to reach a joint statement including reference to the Philippine and Vietnamese territorial disputes with China in July 2012, because Cambodia, a close ally of China blocked<br \/>\n any reference to the dispute. Henry S Bensurto Jr. a Filippino diplomat had afraid that the Philippines would lose the game if they had no legal leverage.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn4\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref4\" title=\"\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a> He thought of<br \/>\n the idea to utilize the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in Hague. He suggested that the Philippines shall institute the arbitration, and finally, his boss, Albert del Rosario, Secretary of Foreign Affairs announced that the Philippines took the step of<br \/>\n bringing China before an Arbitral Tribunal under Article 287 and Annex VII of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in order to achieve a peaceful and durable solution to the dispute over the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea:<br \/>\n WPS) on 22 January 2013.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn5\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref5\" title=\"\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines was also summoned to the Department of Foreign Affairs on the same day, and<br \/>\n he was handed a Note Verbale by Assistant Secretary Teresa Lazaro. The Note Verbale contain the Notification and Statement of Claim that challenges before the Arbitral Tribunal the validity of China\u2019s nine-dash line claim to almost the entire South China Sea<br \/>\n including the WPS and to desist from unlawful activities that violate the sovereign rights and jurisdiction of the Philippines under the 1982 UNCLOS. China ignored the PCA\u2019s legal procedure, and China dispatched the PLA Navy gunboat and the China Marine Surveillance<br \/>\n (CMS) ships to the Second Thomas Shoal in May 2013. Chinese foreign ministry asserted that China had the indisputable sovereignty of the shoal. The CMS renamed China Coast Guard (CCG), and they have dispatched the CCG vessels to disturb the Philippine navy\u2019s<br \/>\n resupply mission since then. On July 12, 2016, the arbitral tribunal adjudicating the Philippines\u2019 case against China in the South China Sea ruled overwhelmingly in favor of the Philippines, determining that major elements of China\u2019s claim-including its nine-dash<br \/>\n line, recent land reclamation activities, and other activities including collisions in Philippine waters-were unlawful.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn6\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref6\" title=\"\"><sup>[6]<\/sup><\/a> Henry S. Bensurto Jr. a silent and dedicated expert<br \/>\n of UNCLOS, brought the legal victory to his country, though the Philippines\u2019 battle has still continued.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">China reacted negatively to the ruling, maintaining it was \u201cnull and void.\u201d The CCG\u2019s harassment against the Philippine<br \/>\n navy\u2019s resupply mission has escalated year by year. Joint Readout from Australia-Japan-Philippines-<wbr>United Sates Defense Ministers\u2019 Meeting on 3 May 2024 strongly objected to the dangerous use of CCG and Maritime Militia vessels in the South China Sea. The<br \/>\n ministers and secretaries reiterated serious concern over the China\u2019s repeated obstruction of Philippine vessels\u2019 exercise of high seas freedom of navigation and the disruption of supply lines to Second Thomas Shoal, which constitute dangerous and destabilizing<br \/>\n conduct. The Philippine military chief, General Romeo Brawner said that CCG crew brandished knives, an axe and other weapons in a clash with Philippine navy vessel on 17 June 2024, and the \u201cFilipino crew had been unarmed and had fought with their bare hands\u201d.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn7\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref7\" title=\"\"><sup>[7]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n A Filipino sailor lost a thumb in the clash, in which the China Coast Guard confiscated or destroyed Philippine equipment including guns, according to the Philippine military.<br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word;text-indent:1rem\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">The Philippines and China have held nine meetings of the Bilateral Consultation Mechanism on the South China Sea.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn8\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref8\" title=\"\"><sup>[8]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n They have finally agreed to set up new lines of communication to improve their handling of maritime disputes, according to a document and a Philippine diplomatic source, as ties sour over clashes about territory in the South China Sea.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn9\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref9\" title=\"\"><sup>[9]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n Three communication channels would be established specifically for maritime issues, according to the source, who provided a document with highlights of an Arrangement on Improving Philippines-China Maritime Communication Mechanisms, which was signed on July<br \/>\n 2. The first channel would be used by representatives to be designated by their leaders, with the other for respective foreign ministries at ministerial or vice-ministerial level, or their designated representatives, according to the document. The third would<br \/>\n involve their respective coast guards \u201cwhich will be set up once the corresponding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the coast guards is concluded,\u201d the document said.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word;text-indent:1rem\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">The two countries have also reached an understanding on the provisional arrangement for resupply missions to a beached<br \/>\n naval ship: BRP Sierra Madre (LT-57) on the Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, Manila\u2019s Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on 21 July 2024.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn10\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref10\" title=\"\"><sup>[10]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n The department did not provide details on the arrangement, but it said this followed frank and constructive discussions between the two sides at the Bilateral Consultation Mechanism earlier in July. Both sides continue to recognize the need to de-escalate<br \/>\n the situation in the South China Sea and manage differences through dialogue and consultation, and they agree that the arrangement will not prejudice each other\u2019s positions in the South China Sea, the department said.<br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word;text-indent:1rem\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">If China\u2019s maritime policy becomes moderate and conciliatory, it is good news not only for the Philippines but also<br \/>\n for the neighboring countries such like the ASEAN countries, the United States of America, Australia, and Japan. But the present writer feels a sense of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu on China\u2019s posture. China and Vietnam have the long history of maritime disputes, and it is said<br \/>\n that they set up three communication channels; the first channel is for the Communist Party Secretary Generals, the second channel is for the military officers, and the third channel is for the foreign ministries.<sup><br \/>\n<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn11\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref11\" title=\"\">[11]<\/a><\/sup> However, the set-up of military communication channels (hotline) between China and Vietnam have announced several times from 2011 to 2024.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn12\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref12\" title=\"\"><sup>[12]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n It may mean that the set-up of communication channel is not enough to establish the stable relations between military officers of China and the Vietnam. A senior China watcher in Vietnam once told the present writer, \u201cSome time, emergency call has not been<br \/>\n accepted. If so, the hotline is, just effective tool for the exchange of the political assertions each other.\u201d<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn13\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref13\" title=\"\"><sup>[13]<\/sup><\/a> Antonio Carpio, a former Philippine Supreme Court Justice<br \/>\n knew these circumstances well, and said \u201cwe don<\/span><span style=\"color:#202020\">\u2019<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">t know if the Chinese will answer when we call, so we will have to wait.\u201d<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn14\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref14\" title=\"\"><sup>[14]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word;text-indent:1rem\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Further, we shall be careful about the CCG\u2019s behaviors in the Second Thomas Shoal. Naoji Shibata, a former Asahi Shimbun<br \/>\n reporter visited the BRP Sierra Madre in August 2014.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn15\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref15\" title=\"\"><sup>[15]<\/sup><\/a> He reported that the hull of BRP Sierra Madre was quite rusty, and the Philippine marine leader advised him to<br \/>\n walk on the deck\u2019s beam, otherwise the floor would give way under his feet. An ASEAN informed source pointed out that \u201cthe CCG is waiting the collapse of rusty BRP Sierra Madre.\u201d<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn16\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref16\" title=\"\"><sup>[16]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n If so, they won\u2019t stop the disturbance against the Filipino resupply mission, because the resupply mission includes maintenance and repair of the rusty hull. The CCG would occupy the shoal after the collapse of the BRP Sierra Madre, and they would reclaim<br \/>\n the shoal. China\u2019s conciliatory posture won\u2019t be true. We shall be aware of cold reality.<br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word;text-indent:1rem\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">The Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa emphasized in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) on 27 July 2024. \u201cAny unilateral<br \/>\n attempts to change the status quo by force are unacceptable, not only the seas surrounding Japan such as the East China Sea but also anywhere in the world. In particular, militarization and coercive activities continue in the South China Sea.\u201d<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn17\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref17\" title=\"\"><sup>[17]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n Many ASEAN diplomats stressed the importance to develop the DOC into the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea, though we couldn\u2019t know when it would be completed, and how it would be effective.<br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">The Philippine government has always received the defense and security supports from her ally, the U.S. government.<br \/>\n Further, the Japanese government has begun to provide these supports to the Philippine government in recent years. The Japanese government has already provided the patrol aircrafts, patrol vessels, and radar system to the Armed Force of the Philippines (AFP)<br \/>\n and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and AFP navy began joint air training in 2015. The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) and the U.S. Coast Guard began the joint training with PCG in 2023. The Philippine government decided<br \/>\n to dispatch BRP Teresa Magbanua, a Japanese Kunigami-class Patrol Vessel (96.6 m Length, 2,260 gross tons) to the sea area surrounding Sabina Shoal in the Spratly Islands. She has been sent there since April 16, becoming the longest-deployed asset in the South<br \/>\n China Sea as a response to suspected reclamation activities around the shoal.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn18\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref18\" title=\"\"><sup>[18]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:black\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"458\" height=\"305\" style=\"width:4.7708in;height:3.177in\" id=\"m_7464932602895701939m_8863591926604427191\u56f3_x0020_2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rips.or.jp\/jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/unnamed.jpg\" data-image-whitelisted=\"\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" data-bit=\"iit\" tabindex=\"0\"><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:black\">(Joint exercise between JCG and JMSDF in the South China Sea: Photo courtesy of JCG)<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">But it is still not enough. To prevent militarization and coercive activities, we need to stress the importance of<br \/>\n UNCLOS &amp; invalidity of the nine-dash line, and build the security architecture to monitor, manage and control the situation. First, we shall establish the ASEAN-Japan maritime security cooperation meeting under the venue of Japan-ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting,<br \/>\n or the East Asian Summit (EAS), because currently Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum (EAMF) is not well functioned. The EAMF was not held in 2016.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn19\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref19\" title=\"\"><sup>[19]<\/sup><\/a> ASEAN nations shall take<br \/>\n an initiative, and they shall develop the communication network among the ministries of foreign affairs and navies, coast guard agencies of regional nations and all the relevant external powers to monitor the maritime incidents and unlawful activities in the<br \/>\n East and South China Seas. Secondly, we shall establish the South China Sea Maritime Security Information Sharing Center (MSISC) in one of the ASEAN nations.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn20\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref20\" title=\"\"><sup>[20]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">The Information Sharing Centre of the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against<br \/>\n Ships in Asia (ReCAAP ISC) that was established in Singapore in 2006. The ReCAAP ISC conducts timely and accurate information sharing on incidents of piracy and sea robbery. The ReCAAP ISC manages a network of information sharing with the Focal Points of 20<br \/>\n Contracting Parties.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn21\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref21\" title=\"\"><sup>[21]<\/sup><\/a> Through this information sharing, the ReCAAP ISC can issue warnings and alerts to the shipping industry and facilitate the responses by the law<br \/>\n enforcement agencies of littoral states. It would be a good precedent for the South China Sea MSISC to collect and publish the record of maritime incidents and unlawful activities in the South China Sea. The Japanese government shall give ASEAN nations the<br \/>\n financial and technological supports. <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">The South China Sea MSISC shall cooperate with the regional navies, coast guard agencies and fishery ministries, and<br \/>\n collect, analyze the maritime incidents\u2019 information, environmental data, and make statistics, then suggest reports to the ASEAN-Japan maritime security cooperation meeting, ASEAN-Japan foreign ministers meeting, and the EAS. It will be effective to promote<br \/>\n a common Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA) picture among the regional nations.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn22\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref22\" title=\"\"><sup>[22]<\/sup><\/a> The MSA idea was composed and promoted by the U. S. A. and NATO forces. The U.S.<br \/>\n navy suggested the Global Maritime Situational Awareness (GMSA) idea in 2007.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn23\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref23\" title=\"\"><sup>[23]<\/sup><\/a> The GMSA is a multi-layered, multi-domain picture that links the identity, location,<br \/>\n known patterns and present activity of ships, cargo, people, and hazards within and adjacent to the maritime domain.<br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">This picture derives from the pooling of a comprehensive set of mostly unclassified data contributed by the many agencies<br \/>\n and nations with knowledge of the maritime domain, and it is an integral element of maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), which was established in response to \u201cSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks\u201d in 2001. This picture also will provide the reliable information to the<br \/>\n environmental issues and search &amp; rescue operations of the regional navies &amp; maritime law enforcement agencies when the airplane clashes and maritime accidents happen. It may be effective for the search &amp; rescue operation for the missing airplanes such like<br \/>\n the Malaysia Airline Flight 370 (MH370) in March 2014.<a href=\"#m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftn24\" name=\"m_7464932602895701939_m_8863591926604427191__ftnref24\" title=\"\"><sup>[24]<\/sup><\/a> The U.S. experiences of GMSA will suggest the South China Sea MSISC many good examples for its MSA data collection,<br \/>\n and processing. If South China Sea MSISC data will have coordinated linkage with the Japanese, American, and Australian Maritime Forces including navies and coast guards, we can help the ASEAN friends including the Philippines to build the durable maritime<br \/>\n security capacity. <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" width=\"40%\" align=\"left\">\n<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">1 &nbsp;Noel M. 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China Sea clash with Philippines, Straits<br \/>\n Times, 21 June 2024.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">8 &nbsp;China and the Philippines Hold the Ninth Meeting of the Bilateral Consultation Mechanism<br \/>\n on the South China Sea, 2 July 2024, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People\u2019s Republic of China,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/wjbxw\/202407\/t20240703_11446326.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/wjbxw\/202407\/t20240703_11446326.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2pxpX6DWT_vuABUPHvvUFl\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_<wbr>eng\/wjbxw\/202407\/t20240703_<wbr>11446326.html<\/a>, accessed 27 July 2024.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">9 &nbsp;Karen Lema and Mikhail Flores, Exclusive: Philippines, China to set up new channels to<br \/>\n handle South China Sea rows, Reuters, 17 July 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/philippines-china-set-up-new-channels-handle-south-china-sea-rows-source-2024-07-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/philippines-china-set-up-new-channels-handle-south-china-sea-rows-source-2024-07-17\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0c6Ob1aZawGMdLNkDZWZKl\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/<wbr>asia-pacific\/philippines-<wbr>china-set-up-new-channels-<wbr>handle-south-china-sea-rows-<wbr>source-2024-07-17\/<\/a>, accessed 21 July 2024.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">10 &nbsp;Reuters, Manila says deal reached with Beijing on resupply missions to beached ship,<br \/>\n Straits Times, 22 July 2024, p. A7.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">11 &nbsp;Author\u2019s Interview with a senior Vietnamese scholar on 4 September 2013.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">12 &nbsp;James Hardy, Hotline to ease Vietnam-China tensions, Jane\u2019s Defence Weekly 48, no. 36<br \/>\n (September 7, 2011), p. 15, Vien Dong, Vietnam, China to set up Defense Hotline, VOA, 21 October 2014,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/china-vietnam-defense-hotline\/2491321.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/china-vietnam-defense-hotline\/2491321.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw36AP6xF8vH4P0ulqmjqtPb\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/<wbr>china-vietnam-defense-hotline\/<wbr>2491321.html<\/a>, China-Vietnam hotline sets example for handling of maritime disputes, China Daily 16 April 2024,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/202404\/16\/WS661dbf73a310df4030f50dd5.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/epaper.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/202404\/16\/WS661dbf73a310df4030f50dd5.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw009Vsh1SduFhFj1XoC2bYc\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/epaper.chinadaily.com.<wbr>cn\/a\/202404\/16\/<wbr>WS661dbf73a310df4030f50dd5.<wbr>html<\/a>, accessed 26 July 2024.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">13&nbsp; Author\u2019s interview with a senior Vietnamese scholar on 4 September 2013.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">14&nbsp; Karen Lema and Mikhail Flores, op. cit.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">15&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;color:#202020\">\u67f4\u7530\u76f4\u6cbb\u300c\u5bfe\u4e2d\u56fd\u3000\u6700\u524d\u7dda\u306f\u5ea7\u7901\u8239\u300d\u300e\u671d\u65e5\u65b0\u805e\u300f<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">2014<\/span><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;color:#202020\">\u5e74<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">8<\/span><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;color:#202020\">\u6708<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">18<\/span><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;color:#202020\">\u65e5\u3001<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">1<\/span><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;color:#202020\">\u9801\u3002<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">16&nbsp; Author\u2019s interview with an ASEAN informed source on 20 February 2024.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">17&nbsp; The 31st ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF),<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/a_o\/rp\/pageite_000001_00513.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/a_o\/rp\/pageite_000001_00513.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Mk68yGSgbgLVDsqtu42Oe\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/a_o\/rp\/<wbr>pageite_000001_00513.html<\/a>, accessed 30 July 2024.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">18&nbsp; PCG ahips blocked by Chinese vessels during Sabina resupply-report, The Philippine Daily<br \/>\n Inquirer, 26 August 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.net\/411876\/pcg-ships-blocked-by-chinese-vessels-during-sabina-resupply-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.inquirer.net\/411876\/pcg-ships-blocked-by-chinese-vessels-during-sabina-resupply-report\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1aY9DEPwr3CTy98hkFz6Sj\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.inquirer.net\/<wbr>411876\/pcg-ships-blocked-by-<wbr>chinese-vessels-during-sabina-<wbr>resupply-report\/<\/a>, accessed 27 August 2024.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">19&nbsp; Chen Xiangmiao, History and Reality of Entanglement between China and the Philippines<br \/>\n in Second Thomas Shoal, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scspi.org\/en\/dtfx\/history-and-reality-entanglement-between-china-and-philippines-second-thomas-shoal\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.scspi.org\/en\/dtfx\/history-and-reality-entanglement-between-china-and-philippines-second-thomas-shoal&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3HCQ4j358JmDbLNE9vLI4_\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.scspi.org\/en\/dtfx\/<wbr>history-and-reality-<wbr>entanglement-between-china-<wbr>and-philippines-second-thomas-<wbr>shoal<\/a>, accessed 30 April 2024,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;color:#202020\">\u300c\u30d5\u30a3\u30ea\u30d4\u30f3\uff1a\u6bd4\u3001\u5357\u30b7\u30ca\u6d77\u5bfe\u4e2d\u65b0\u6226\u7565\u6a21\u7d22\u3000\u885d\u7a81\u3092\u516c\u8868\u3057\u5bfe\u6297\u3000\u65e5\u7c73\u3068\u306e\u9023\u643a\u5f37\u5316\u5de1\u308a\u6fc0\u3057\u3044\u5fdc\u916c\u300d\u300e\u6bce\u65e5\u65b0\u805e\u300f<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">2024.1.<wbr>28<\/span><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;color:#202020\">\u3001<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">7<\/span><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;color:#202020\">\u9801\u3002<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">20&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;color:#202020\">\u4f50\u85e4\u8003\u4e00\u300e\u300c\u6d77\u6d0b\u5f37\u56fd\u300d\u4e2d\u56fd\u3068\u65e5\u30fb\u7c73\u30fb<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">ASEAN<\/span><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;color:#202020\">\uff0d\u6771\u30b7\u30ca\u6d77\u30fb<wbr>\u5357\u30b7\u30ca\u6d77\u3092\u3081\u3050\u308b\u653b\u9632\uff0d\u300f\u52c1\u8349\u66f8\u623f\u3001<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">2023<\/span><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;color:#202020\">\u5e74\u3001<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">431<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Cambria Math&quot;,serif;color:#202020\">\u207b<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">455<\/span><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;color:#202020\"><wbr>\u9801\u3002<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">21&nbsp; Background Information, ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.recaap.org\/AboutReCAAPISC.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.recaap.org\/AboutReCAAPISC.aspx&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3HZwkRgKdDMGQamfBpqM_J\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.recaap.org\/<wbr>AboutReCAAPISC.aspx<\/a>, accessed 9 July 2017.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">22&nbsp; MSA: Crisis Management at Sea\u2014Urgent Proposals from the field, By IIPS Study Group to<br \/>\n follow up on The Yasuhiro Nakasone Proposal on Maritime Security in East Asia, Institute for International Policy Studies, October 2016,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iips.org\/en\/research\/2016\/10\/28143054.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.iips.org\/en\/research\/2016\/10\/28143054.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Q1aKUTIDggJcbwsyQd9_i\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.iips.org\/en\/<wbr>research\/2016\/10\/28143054.html<\/a><wbr>, accessed June 20, 2017. This idea was suggested by Mr. Hideshi Tokuchi, former vice-minister of defense.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">23&nbsp; Navy Maritime Domain Awareness Concept in May 2007,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.navy.mil\/navydata\/cno\/Navy_Maritime_Domain_Awareness_Concept_FINAL_2007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.navy.mil\/navydata\/cno\/Navy_Maritime_Domain_Awareness_Concept_FINAL_2007.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1mw02JNtsRROhELwPXCBtN\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.navy.mil\/navydata\/<wbr>cno\/Navy_Maritime_Domain_<wbr>Awareness_Concept_FINAL_2007.<wbr>pdf<\/a>, accessed 5 July 2017.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">24&nbsp; It was impressive that ICC International Maritime Bureau Piracy Reporting Centre in<br \/>\n Kuala Lumpur closely cooperated with Malaysian Government in search of Malaysian Airline Fright 370. They called all the vessels navigating along the Malaysian sea area for the information gathering of the missing airplane. Author\u2019s interview with Captain<br \/>\n Noel Choong, director of the Piracy Reporting Centre on 11 March 2014.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:22.5pt\">\n<td style=\"padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm;height:22.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;\\00ff2d\\00ff33  \\00ff30\\0030b4\\0030b7\\0030c3\\0030af&quot;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center;line-height:27.0pt\">\n<b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:15.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Statistical Data and Analysis<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black\">(as of August 31)<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:15.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:7.5pt\">\n<td style=\"padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm;height:7.5pt\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">In the second half of August, the number of China\u2019s intrusion into Japan\u2019s territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands is two days,<br \/>\n which is relatively low or the same compared to the past two months. The China Coast Guard has also continued to navigate in the contiguous zone around the Senkaku Islands on a daily basis as well.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word;text-indent:1rem\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">However, there have been two intrusions into Japanese territory by Chinese naval and air forces other than the coast<br \/>\n guard. On August 26, Japan&#8217;s Defense Ministry confirmed that Chinese military aircraft had intruded into the Japanese airspace. This has never happened before. Air Self-Defense Force fighters were scrambled in response. A spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry<br \/>\n of National Defense stated that \u201cChina has always respected the sovereignty of each country and hopes that this will not be interpreted as excessive,\u201d and reiterated that China and Japan are communicating through diplomatic channels.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word;text-indent:1rem\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Shortly after, on August 31, a Chinese naval survey ship had intruded into territorial waters off the coast of Kagoshima<br \/>\n Prefecture. This is the 13th confirmed intrusion into territorial waters by Chinese naval vessels and 10 repeated intrusions into territorial waters in this area since November 2021.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word;text-indent:1rem\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi announced at a press conference on September 2 that Japan had conveyed strong concern<br \/>\n and protested to the Chinese side through diplomatic channels over this intrusion of a Chinese naval survey ship, in light of previous Chinese naval ship movements and the August 26 airspace violation by a Chinese military aircraft.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word;text-indent:1rem\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent:21.0pt;line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">In contrast to such aggressive attempts by China, Japan has demonstrated its effective control over the Senkaku Islands<br \/>\n through day-to-day administration. On August 19, the Japan Coast Guard in Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture, filed charges of violating the Immigration Control Act against a Mexican man who was rescued after landing in a canoe on Uotsuri Island in the Senkaku<br \/>\n Islands on August 16. It was significant in terms of Japan\u2019s exercise of sovereignty that the Coast Guard rescued a Mexican man on Uotsuri Island and referred the case against him on suspicion of leaving territorial waters without following proper procedures.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:22.5pt\">\n<td style=\"padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm;height:22.5pt;word-break:break-word;text-indent:1rem\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;\\00ff2d\\00ff33  \\00ff30\\0030b4\\0030b7\\0030c3\\0030af&quot;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black\">[<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black\">Statistical Data<br \/>\n as of August 31<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black\">]<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Japan Coast Guard (JCG) daily updates the statistical data on the number of China Coast Guard vessels entering in the contiguous zone<br \/>\n around the Senkaku Islands and intruding into Japanese territorial waters. The below is from the website of JCG.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><u><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp\/mission\/senkaku\/senkaku.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp\/mission\/senkaku\/senkaku.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0xOsegDNvFSOuT5pM4N-hX\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp\/<wbr>mission\/senkaku\/senkaku.html<\/a>)<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><u><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><u><\/u><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\" style=\"border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">August<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">Contiguous zone<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" style=\"border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">Territorial sea<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"55\" style=\"border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">August<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"103\" style=\"border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">Contiguous zone<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\" style=\"border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">Territorial sea<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\" style=\"border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">16<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">4<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"55\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">24<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"103\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">4<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\" style=\"border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">17<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">2<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"55\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">25<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"103\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">4<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\" style=\"border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">18<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">4<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"55\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">26<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"103\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">4\\<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\" style=\"border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">19<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">2<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"55\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">27<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"103\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">4<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\" style=\"border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">20<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">2<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"55\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">28<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"103\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">4<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">2<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\" style=\"border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">21<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">4<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"55\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">29<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"103\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">4<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">2<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\" style=\"border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">22<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">4<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"55\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">30<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"103\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">4<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50\" style=\"border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">23<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"92\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">4<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"88\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"55\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">31<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"103\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\">4<span style=\"color:red\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"95\" style=\"border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0mm 5.4pt 0mm 5.4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif\"><u><\/u>&nbsp;<u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;\\00ff2d\\00ff33  \\00ff30\\0030b4\\0030b7\\0030c3\\0030af&quot;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:22.5pt\">\n<td style=\"padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm;height:22.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;\\00ff2d\\00ff33  \\00ff30\\0030b4\\0030b7\\0030c3\\0030af&quot;\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center;line-height:24.3pt\">\n<b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:13.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Top News<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border-top:solid white 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#a5e9ff;padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt;max-width:100%;min-width:100%\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left;line-height:16.8pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Date<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border:none;border-top:solid white 1.0pt;background:#eeeeee;padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Topics<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border-top:solid white 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#a5e9ff;padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">8\/15<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:none;border-top:solid white 1.0pt;background:#eeeeee;padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm;word-break:break-word\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt;max-width:100%;min-width:100%\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Two Chinese Coast Guard vessels intruded Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands synchronized with the course of a Japanese<br \/>\n fishing boat on Augst 15. The vessels had navigated in the Japanese territorial waters for 28 hours.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" width=\"40%\" align=\"left\">\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">NHK<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/html\/20240815\/k10014549891000.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/html\/20240815\/k10014549891000.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3uZHCg2FcjaKkHw1daRSNz\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/<wbr>html\/20240815\/k10014549891000.<wbr>html<\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border-top:solid white 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#a5e9ff;padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">8\/16<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:none;border-top:solid white 1.0pt;background:#eeeeee;padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm;word-break:break-word\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt;max-width:100%;min-width:100%\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Japan Coast Guard has confirmed that Russian national flag is hoisted in the top of lighthouse on Kaigara Jima Island.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" width=\"40%\" align=\"left\">\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">The Sankei<br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20240816-ZOXMUEL4XBIKJGJRZHYAVKVE5E\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20240816-ZOXMUEL4XBIKJGJRZHYAVKVE5E\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3o59EOL8Z5DAW8J-NuBtMn\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/<wbr>article\/20240816-<wbr>ZOXMUEL4XBIKJGJRZHYAVKVE5E\/<\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border-top:solid white 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#a5e9ff;padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">8\/16<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:none;border-top:solid white 1.0pt;background:#eeeeee;padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm;word-break:break-word\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt;max-width:100%;min-width:100%\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Chinese government lifted its annual summer fishing ban on August 16. Fishing Boats departed en masse from ports in Fujian province.<br \/>\n The fishing area includes the waters around the Senkaku Islands (Okinawa Prefecture, Japan).<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" width=\"40%\" align=\"left\">\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">NHK<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/html\/20240816\/k10014550951000.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/html\/20240816\/k10014550951000.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3JiRSsEkn_ciI24HO67yOm\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/<wbr>html\/20240816\/k10014550951000.<wbr>html<\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border-top:solid white 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#a5e9ff;padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt;word-break:break-word\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">8\/18<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:none;border-top:solid white 1.0pt;background:#eeeeee;padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">According to Japan Institute for National Fundamentals and The Sankei Shimbun, satellite images show that large-scale construction work<br \/>\n is underway at Yuhuan naval base in China. Its construction includes the extension of berths for large ships, construction of helipad for shipboard helicopter and building training facilities for special forces.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" width=\"40%\" align=\"left\">\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">The Sankei<br \/>\n<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20240818-YWUNUI25E5PBRBGJON5EH2NX7M\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20240818-YWUNUI25E5PBRBGJON5EH2NX7M\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2exDKaMdqMCiwPNwlKgbH8\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/<wbr>article\/20240818-<wbr>YWUNUI25E5PBRBGJON5EH2NX7M\/<\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border-top:solid white 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#a5e9ff;padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">8\/19<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:none;border-top:solid white 1.0pt;background:#eeeeee;padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) confirmed 3 Russian Naval vessels in the waters about 60km northeast of Rebun Island. The squadron<br \/>\n consisted of two Grisha-V class frigate and one Alexandrit class minesweeper.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" width=\"40%\" align=\"left\">\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"FR\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Japan Joint Staff<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2024\/p20240819_02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2024\/p20240819_02.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw07nT69vj15iFYya3sLI-mv\" rel=\"noopener\"><span lang=\"FR\">https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/<wbr>2024\/p20240819_02.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"FR\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border-top:solid white 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#a5e9ff;padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">8\/19<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:none;border-top:solid white 1.0pt;background:#eeeeee;padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">JMSDF confirmed two PLAN vessels, one Luyan-class destroyer and one Yushen class LHD in the waters northeast of Miyako Islands. They<br \/>\n crossed the Miyako strait and navigated toward the Pacific Ocean.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" width=\"40%\" align=\"left\">\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"FR\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Japan Joint Staff<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2024\/p20240819_03.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2024\/p20240819_03.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1u4dJWUH9ETvhwZqvRzzgV\" rel=\"noopener\"><span lang=\"FR\">https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/<wbr>2024\/p20240819_03.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"FR\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border-top:solid white 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#a5e9ff;padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">8\/19<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:none;border-top:solid white 1.0pt;background:#eeeeee;padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Japan Coast Guard rescued a Mexican man who landed on Uotsuri Island (the Senkaku Islands, Okinawa prefecture) on Augst 19. JCG sees<br \/>\n he has no political intentions. This rescue and police operation shows at home and abroad that Japan effectively control the Senkaku Islands.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" width=\"40%\" align=\"left\">\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">The Sankei<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20240819-YYP7FR26A5ONNJ5VGXDZ7KER3I\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20240819-YYP7FR26A5ONNJ5VGXDZ7KER3I\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3vafOzJ-oRwTUMk5w7O0EO\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/<wbr>article\/20240819-<wbr>YYP7FR26A5ONNJ5VGXDZ7KER3I\/<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color:#202020\">\u3000<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">The Japan Times<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2024\/08\/18\/japan\/senkaku-mexican-man-rescued\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2024\/08\/18\/japan\/senkaku-mexican-man-rescued\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3vKDbr6NeUYVFgPCy88jlq\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/<wbr>news\/2024\/08\/18\/japan\/senkaku-<wbr>mexican-man-rescued\/<\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border-top:solid white 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#a5e9ff;padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">8\/20<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:none;border-top:solid white 1.0pt;background:#eeeeee;padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">JMSDF observed two Russian naval vessels, one Slava class cruiser and Udaloy class destroyer, in the waters southwest of Iriomote Island<br \/>\n on Augst 20. They crossed the strait between Iriomote and Yonaguni Islands to the northeast and then they sailed toward the East China Sea<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" width=\"40%\" align=\"left\">\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"FR\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Japan Joint Staff<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2024\/p20240820_01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2024\/p20240820_01.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2gOWbY2Rzn_pAlqxkAIZHN\" rel=\"noopener\"><span lang=\"FR\">https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/<wbr>2024\/p20240820_01.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"FR\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border-top:solid white 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#a5e9ff;padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">8\/21<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:none;border-top:solid white 1.0pt;background:#eeeeee;padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">South Korean Navy conducted regular military exercise in Takeshima, which is illegally occupied by South Korea. That exercise was closed<br \/>\n to public and didn<\/span><span style=\"color:#202020\">\u2019<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">t include landing exercises.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" width=\"40%\" align=\"left\">\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">The Sankei<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20240821-X4JT5NUWTNMVBNXRBLSYQDKVYI\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20240821-X4JT5NUWTNMVBNXRBLSYQDKVYI\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128411000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3j39NyNYUs2io_to4eKKS1\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/<wbr>article\/20240821-<wbr>X4JT5NUWTNMVBNXRBLSYQDKVYI\/<\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border-top:solid white 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#a5e9ff;padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">8\/21<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:none;border-top:solid white 1.0pt;background:#eeeeee;padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued press release on the military exercise in Takeshima. MOFA strongly protested to the South Korean government<br \/>\n that the exercises by South Korea was unacceptable and extremely regrettable.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" width=\"40%\" align=\"left\">\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/mofaj\/press\/release\/pressit_000001_01023.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/mofaj\/press\/release\/pressit_000001_01023.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128412000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3VpJjFyYI-cigaDmVcL6tp\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/mofaj\/<wbr>press\/release\/pressit_000001_<wbr>01023.html<\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border-top:solid white 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#a5e9ff;padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">8\/22<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:none;border-top:solid white 1.0pt;background:#eeeeee;padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">JMSDF confirmed two Russian naval vessels, one Slava class cruiser (hull number 011) and one Udaly class destroyer (hull number 543),<br \/>\n in the waters southwest of Tsushima. These vessels were identical to those observed off the coast of Iriomote Island on August 20.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" width=\"40%\" align=\"left\">\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"FR\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Japan Joint Staff<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2024\/p20240822_01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2024\/p20240822_01.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128412000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0zYBdlV9fLzoMQojW9M6WH\" rel=\"noopener\"><span lang=\"FR\">https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/<wbr>2024\/p20240822_01.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"FR\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border-top:solid white 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid white 1.0pt;background:#a5e9ff;padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">8\/23<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:none;border-top:solid white 1.0pt;background:#eeeeee;padding:0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:3.75pt 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Japan Air Self-Defense Force confirmed one Chinese UAV (Estimated) flew from the Pacific. It then crossed the strait between Yonaguni<br \/>\n Island and Taiwan and flew to the East China Sea.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt\">\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" width=\"40%\" align=\"left\">\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding:0mm 13.5pt 3.75pt 13.5pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"FR\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\">Japan Joint Staff<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:16.8pt\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2024\/p20240823_01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2024\/p20240823_01.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1729214128412000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0KjBwAbtBdjvciZqQIvipu\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Newsletter Registration<\/h3>\n<p>What is happening in East Asian Maritime Security? 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