{"id":2593,"date":"2025-06-30T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rips.or.jp\/en\/?page_id=2593"},"modified":"2025-07-06T00:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T15:09:09","slug":"vol-24-june-30-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rips.or.jp\/en\/newsletter\/vol-24-june-30-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Vol. 24, June 30, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"l-container\">\n<div class=\"l-post-content\">\n<style>\nbody {\n    width: 100%;\n    height: 100%;<span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>\n    margin: 0;<span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_end\">\ufeff<\/span>\n    padding: 0;\n    background-color: #fafafa;\n}\nh1, h2, h3, h4, th, td, p, div {\n    font-family: \"Helvetica\", sans-serif;\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 {\n    word-break: break-all;\n}\ncenter .table-base {\n    border-collapse: collapse;\n    : 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    max-: 240px;\n    width: auto;\n}\ncenter ul {\n    display: block;\n}\ncenter li {\n    display: block;\n}\n.table-box {\n    width: 100%;\n    overflow-x: auto;<\/p>\n<p>}\n.table-box table {\n    width: 100%;\n    display: block;\n}\nol li {\nlist-style: decimal;\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 #ffffff;\">\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 style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 18.0pt; color: #202020;\">Vol.24. June 30. 2025<\/h1>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">What is happening in East Asian Maritime Security? The Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS) publishes the biweekly newsletter, the information on maritime security relevant to East Asia and Japan&#8217;s territory.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 6.75pt 0mm 0mm 0mm;\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\" style=\"background: white; border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; color: black;\">Statistical Data and Analysis (as of June 30)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 1.5rem; padding: 1rem; background: #aeedf1;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The G7 Kananaskis Summit was held from June 16 to 17. The G7 emphasized at the importance of a free and open Indo-Pacific, and also discussed China&#8217;s maritime expansion in the East and South China Sea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> From last month to the latter half of this month, Chinese Navy aircraft carriers (Lioning and Shandong) conducted exercise in the western Pacific.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> On June 20, Japan Coast Guard hosted a joint exercise with the U.S. and the Philippine Coast Guard in Kagoshima Prefecture. This is the first time for Japan Coast Guard to host the Japan, the US and the Philippine trilateral exercise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cooperation between the coast guards of Japan, the United States, and the Philippines has been rapidly strengthening since last year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>[Statistical Data as of June 30]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japan Coast Guard (JCG) daily updates the statistical data on the number of China Coast Guard vessels entering in the contiguous zone around the Senkaku Islands and intruding into Japanese territorial waters. The below is from the website of JCG.<br \/>\n                                        <span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\"><u><a style=\"color: #337ab7;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp\/mission\/senkaku\/senkaku.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp\/mission\/senkaku\/senkaku.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1747767620766000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3rmblBYJV8jJv1MT9qGhme\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp\/<wbr \/><br \/>\n                                        mission\/senkaku\/senkaku.html<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">May.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Contiguous zone<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Territorial<br \/>\n                                                Waters<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jun.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Contiguous zone<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Territorial<br \/>\n                                                Waters<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; 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border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">23<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">24<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">25<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" style=\"border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 0mm 4.95pt 0mm 4.95pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding: 0mm 0mm 0mm 0mm;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 0mm 13.5pt 0mm 13.5pt;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 0mm 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\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;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">Date<\/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;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-right: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-left: 12.0pt; text-align: center;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">Topics<\/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;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/16<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-92\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; The&nbsp;China&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;Guard&nbsp;is&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    strengthening&nbsp;its&nbsp;cooperation&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    with&nbsp;the&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;Navy&nbsp;around&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Taiwan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">The&nbsp;China&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;Guard&nbsp;is&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    under&nbsp;the&nbsp;command&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Central&nbsp;Military&nbsp;Commission,&nbsp;China&#8217;s&nbsp;highest&nbsp;military&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    leadership&nbsp;body,&nbsp;and&nbsp;deploys&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    gray&nbsp;zone&nbsp;operations&nbsp;by&nbsp;non-military&nbsp;means as&nbsp;a&nbsp;vanguard&nbsp;for&nbsp;&#8220;changing&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    the&nbsp;status&nbsp;quo\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">It&nbsp;also&nbsp;plays&nbsp;a&nbsp;key&nbsp;role&nbsp;in&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    the&nbsp;blockade&nbsp;or&nbsp;\u201c&nbsp;isolation\u201d<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    of&nbsp;key&nbsp;ports in&nbsp;the&nbsp;military&nbsp;exercises&nbsp;that&nbsp;China&nbsp;has&nbsp;regularly&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    conducted around&nbsp;Taiwan&nbsp;since&nbsp;last&nbsp;year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp; \u201cThe&nbsp;China&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;Guard&nbsp;is&nbsp;an&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    incarnation&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Navy.&nbsp;It&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    is&nbsp;like&nbsp;having&nbsp;two&nbsp;signs&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;same&nbsp;army.&#8221;&nbsp;In&nbsp;March,&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Deputy&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;of&nbsp;Taiwan&#8217;s&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Coast&nbsp;Guard,&nbsp;Hsieh&nbsp;Ching-<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    ching,&nbsp;revealed&nbsp;the&nbsp;difficulties&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    faced&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;Taiwan&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Guard&nbsp;relative&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;China&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Coast&nbsp;Guard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">The&nbsp;China&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;Guard&nbsp;has&nbsp;a&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    close&nbsp;relationship&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Chinese&nbsp;Navy&nbsp;and&nbsp;is&nbsp;also&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    known&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;&#8220;Second&nbsp;Navy\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp;In&nbsp;last&nbsp;October&#8217;s&nbsp;military&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    exercise&nbsp;\u201cJoint&nbsp;Sword&nbsp;-2024B,\u201d<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    &nbsp;China&nbsp;operated&nbsp;17 naval&nbsp;vessels&nbsp;and&nbsp;17&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;Guard&nbsp;ships&nbsp;in&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    unison&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;time&nbsp;to&nbsp;conduct&nbsp;a&nbsp;drill&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    surrounding&nbsp;Taiwan.&nbsp; During&nbsp;the&nbsp;\u201cStrait&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Thunderbolt-2025A\u201d&nbsp;military&nbsp;exercise&nbsp;in&nbsp;April&nbsp;of&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    this&nbsp;year, Chinese&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;Guard&nbsp;ships&nbsp;also&nbsp;conducted&nbsp;\u201claw&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    enforcement\u201d&nbsp;drills, including&nbsp;on-site&nbsp;inspections and&nbsp;seizures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;Researcher&nbsp;Shen&nbsp;Ming-Tsu&nbsp;of&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    the&nbsp;National&nbsp;Defense&nbsp;Security&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Research&nbsp;Institute,&nbsp;a&nbsp;think-<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    tank&nbsp;affiliated&nbsp;with&nbsp;Taiwan&#8217;s&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Ministry&nbsp;of&nbsp;National&nbsp;Defense,&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    explains&nbsp;that&nbsp;&#8220;China&#8217;s&nbsp;military&nbsp;actions&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    againstTaiwan&nbsp;are&nbsp;divided&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    into&nbsp;three&nbsp;stages:&nbsp;isolation,&nbsp;blockade,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    invasion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">While&nbsp;the&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;navy&nbsp;will&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    play&nbsp;a&nbsp;major&nbsp;role&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;all-<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    out&nbsp;\u201cblockade\u201d&nbsp;phase, the&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;Guard,&nbsp;a&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    law&nbsp;enforcement&nbsp;agency, will&nbsp;take&nbsp;the&nbsp;lead&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;\u201cisolation\u201d&nbsp;phase, which&nbsp;will&nbsp;restrict&nbsp;civilian&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    vessels&nbsp;carrying&nbsp;strategic&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    cargoes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; For&nbsp;the&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;side,&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Coast&nbsp;Guard-led&nbsp;isolation&nbsp;has&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    the&nbsp;advantage&nbsp;of&nbsp;increasing&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    pressure&nbsp;on&nbsp;Taiwan&nbsp;without&nbsp;forcing&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    U.S.&nbsp;and&nbsp;other&nbsp;countries&nbsp;to&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    intervene&nbsp;militarily.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; According&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Department&nbsp;of&nbsp;Defense,&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Chinese&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;Guard&nbsp;is \u201cthe&nbsp;world&#8217;s&nbsp;largest&nbsp;maritime&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    law&nbsp;enforcement&nbsp;agency,\u201d with&nbsp;more&nbsp;than&nbsp;150&nbsp;vessels&nbsp;of&nbsp;over&nbsp;1,000&nbsp;tons&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    displacement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">Also,&nbsp;as&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;called&nbsp;a&nbsp;\u201cde&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    facto&nbsp;navy,\u201d&nbsp;many&nbsp;of&nbsp;its&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    quasi-military&nbsp;vessels&nbsp;are&nbsp;converted&nbsp;from&nbsp;decommissioned&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    destroyers&nbsp;and&nbsp;frigates&nbsp;of&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    the&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;Navy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\u3000The&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;Guard&nbsp;is&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    also&nbsp;strengthening&nbsp;its&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    cooperation&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;maritime&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    militia,&nbsp;which&nbsp;is&nbsp;considered&nbsp;the&nbsp;&#8220;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    third&nbsp;navy\u201d.&nbsp;Militia&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    activities&nbsp;have&nbsp;been&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    prominent&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;South&nbsp;China&nbsp;Sea,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Taiwan&#8217;s&nbsp;Ministry&nbsp;of&nbsp;National&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Defense&nbsp;announced&nbsp;in&nbsp;April&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    that&nbsp;three&nbsp;militia&nbsp;vessels&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    participated&nbsp;in&nbsp;\u201cStrait&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Thunderbolt-2025A\u201d&nbsp;off&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    eastern&nbsp;coast&nbsp;of&nbsp;Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">It&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;noted&nbsp;that&nbsp;in&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    previous&nbsp;military&nbsp;exercises,&nbsp;&#8220;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    ships&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;maritime&nbsp;militia&nbsp;have&nbsp;conducted&nbsp;gray&nbsp;zone&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    operations&nbsp;in&nbsp;cooperation&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    with&nbsp;ships&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Coast&nbsp;Guard\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-93\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,44,254)\"><b>Sankei&nbsp;Shimbun News<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20250616-QSZTZWPXYBLVXE3GU264PPZCKI\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20250616-QSZTZWPXYBLVXE3GU264PPZCKI\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470362000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Lz6z0Vn1KJQTlyYTf9ENh\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  article\/20250616-<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  QSZTZWPXYBLVXE3GU264PPZCKI\/<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/16<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-94\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;The&nbsp;Japan&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;Guard&nbsp;has&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    announced&nbsp;that&nbsp;a&nbsp;welcome&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    ceremony&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;joint&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    exercise,&nbsp;involving&nbsp;Japan,&nbsp;the&nbsp;United&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    States&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;Philippines,&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    will&nbsp;be&nbsp;held&nbsp;on&nbsp;16&nbsp;June.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">The&nbsp;exercise&nbsp;will&nbsp;take&nbsp;place&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    in&nbsp;Kinko-wan&nbsp;Bay,&nbsp;Kagoshima&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Prefecture,&nbsp;Japan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">This&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;time&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    that&nbsp;a&nbsp;joint&nbsp;drill&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    held&nbsp;in&nbsp;Japan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n                                                    &nbsp; &nbsp; Recently,&nbsp;the&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Guard&nbsp;has&nbsp;become&nbsp;more&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    assertive,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Philippines&nbsp;are&nbsp;facing&nbsp;strong&nbsp;pressure&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    from&nbsp;China&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;South&nbsp;China&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Sea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">While&nbsp;the&nbsp;Philippines&nbsp;are&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    trying&nbsp;to&nbsp;withstand&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    pressure,&nbsp;they&nbsp;lack&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    capability&nbsp;to&nbsp;deal&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Coast&nbsp;Guard.&nbsp;Japan&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    United&nbsp;States&nbsp;have&nbsp;provided&nbsp;the&nbsp;Philippines&nbsp;with&nbsp;large&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    vessels,&nbsp;but&nbsp;there&nbsp;are&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    insufficient&nbsp;numbers&nbsp;to&nbsp;deal&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    with&nbsp;China.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">Japan&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;United&nbsp;States&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    are&nbsp;urgent&nbsp;to&nbsp;assist&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    capacity&nbsp;building&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Philippines\u2019&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;Guard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-95\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,44,254)\"><b>Sankei Shimbun News<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20250616-OKBN2U47ERKVHGAP2J5BXOOD24\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20250616-OKBN2U47ERKVHGAP2J5BXOOD24\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470362000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2OZ60pomcutXCCrF0ME9oY\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  article\/20250616-<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  OKBN2U47ERKVHGAP2J5BXOOD24\/<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/16<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-96\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;Ministry&nbsp;of&nbsp;Foreign&nbsp;Affairs&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    of&nbsp;Japan&nbsp;announced&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    State&nbsp;Minister&nbsp;for&nbsp;Foreign&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Affairs,&nbsp;Takuma&nbsp;MIYAJI&nbsp;attended&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    welcome&nbsp;ceremony&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    joint&nbsp;coast&nbsp;guard&nbsp;drills&nbsp;in&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Kagoshima.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">Minister&nbsp;MIYAJI&nbsp;stated&nbsp;that&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    strengthening&nbsp;the&nbsp;cooperation&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    with&nbsp;the&nbsp;allies&nbsp;and&nbsp;like-<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    minded&nbsp;countries are&nbsp;more&nbsp;important&nbsp;to&nbsp;fulfill&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    the&nbsp;Free&nbsp;and&nbsp;Open&nbsp;Indo-<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Pacific,&nbsp;and&nbsp;that&nbsp;he&nbsp;was&nbsp;very&nbsp;pleased&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    to&nbsp;hold&nbsp;this&nbsp;joint&nbsp;training&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    exercise&nbsp;in&nbsp;Japan&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;time,&nbsp;as&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    cooperation&nbsp;among&nbsp;the&nbsp;three&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    countries&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    progressing,&nbsp;especially&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;field&nbsp;of&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    maritime&nbsp;security.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-97\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><b><span style=\"color:rgb(35,34,228)\">Ministry of Foreign Affiars of Japan<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/mofaj\/press\/release\/pressit_000001_02285.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/mofaj\/press\/release\/pressit_000001_02285.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470362000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1mR0ElV8bc0U_185k4cdu4\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/mofaj\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  press\/release\/pressit_000001_<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  02285.html<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/16<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-98\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;JMSDF&nbsp;confirmed&nbsp;one&nbsp;Russian&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Udaloy&nbsp;I&nbsp;class&nbsp;destroyer&nbsp;(<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    hull&nbsp;number&nbsp;564)&nbsp;and&nbsp;one&nbsp;Udaloy&nbsp;II&nbsp;class&nbsp;destroyer&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    (hull&nbsp;number&nbsp;543)&nbsp;sailing&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    northeast&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;waters&nbsp;120km&nbsp;southwest&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    of&nbsp;Cape&nbsp;Soya&nbsp;(Hokkaido)&nbsp;on&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    June&nbsp;14.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">JMSDF&nbsp;then&nbsp;confirmed&nbsp;these&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    vessels&nbsp;were&nbsp;sailing&nbsp;east&nbsp;in&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Cape&nbsp;Soya.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;text-align:-webkit-center\"><img width=\"227\" style=\"display:block;margin:0 auto;vertical-align:top;max-width:100%;height:auto;width:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NbRyxcTwhMiBxcIXvThorG7Tub-4CW3EB01AfHl9qTA0ybV6Hh9SByT83EdFAxLXJFCwH-_TcT1c91uWv3eChCf1tUPJrLaG8SJ85fZaICJBYfJmBNFghgm6gWGnbtpjHFhThA=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gy53-cdn.asp.cuenote.jp\/0000013c\/202506\/0001cefc\/0010-3b17d9bfef34.png\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-99\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\"><b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,44,254)\">Japan Joint Staff<\/span><\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2025\/p20250616_01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2025\/p20250616_01.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470362000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0BcG9yaKSh_Jq3M0Xrriwg\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  2025\/p20250616_01.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/16<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-100\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;JMSDF&nbsp;confirmed&nbsp;two&nbsp;Russian&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Steregushchiy&nbsp;class&nbsp;frigate&nbsp;(<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    hull&nbsp;number&nbsp;339&nbsp;and&nbsp;343)&nbsp;and one&nbsp;Dubna&nbsp;class&nbsp;replenishment&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    oiler&nbsp;sailing&nbsp;northeast in&nbsp;the&nbsp;waters&nbsp;100km&nbsp;southwest&nbsp;of Tsushima&nbsp;Island (Nagasaki&nbsp;Prefecture)&nbsp;on&nbsp;June&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    15.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;JMSDF&nbsp;then&nbsp;confirmed&nbsp;these&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    vessels&nbsp;were&nbsp;sailing&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    northeast&nbsp;through&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Tsushima&nbsp;Strait&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">toward&nbsp;the&nbsp;Sea&nbsp;of&nbsp;Japan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;text-align:-webkit-center\"><img width=\"498\" style=\"display:block;margin:0 auto;vertical-align:top;max-width:100%;height:auto;width:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NZG9_ZCQCj-xOTDHM7CuHFU1KNpMdDvmfpOeZkZGbmIJuOM8jMUf5ag8roeUH-n9LT_MQjHEh-F3HxThbd5X97NFrU0GpcSXSSNHaoAG9zVfC6xJm2KqXYNOVvv4a5G-VnR41g=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gy53-cdn.asp.cuenote.jp\/0000013c\/202506\/0001cefc\/0011-88e56470daf0.png\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-101\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><b><span style=\"color:rgb(35,34,228)\">Japan Joint Staff<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2025\/p20250616_02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2025\/p20250616_02.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470362000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3GzT2Wv7OO9M76yW9Nam3U\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  2025\/p20250616_02.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/17<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-102\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;JMSDF&nbsp;confirmed&nbsp;several&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Chinese&nbsp;naval&nbsp;vessels,&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    including&nbsp;two&nbsp;Admiral&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Kuznetsov class&nbsp;aircraft&nbsp;carriers&nbsp;(<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Lioning,&nbsp;hull&nbsp;number&nbsp;16&nbsp;and&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Shandong,&nbsp;hull&nbsp;number17),&nbsp;&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Pacific&nbsp;Ocean.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;JMSDF&nbsp;also&nbsp;confirmed&nbsp;that&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Chinese&nbsp;aircraft&nbsp;carriers&nbsp;had&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    conducted&nbsp;fighters\u2019&nbsp;take-off&nbsp;and&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    landing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-103\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><b><span style=\"color:rgb(35,34,228)\">Japan Joint Staff<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2025\/p20250617_01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2025\/p20250617_01.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470362000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1UQaSY3EStSB-qQWoUP_Fd\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  2025\/p20250617_01.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/17<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-104\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\u3000Canada&nbsp;announced&nbsp;the&nbsp;summary&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Group&nbsp;of&nbsp;Seven&nbsp;(G7)&nbsp;in&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Kananaskis,&nbsp;Canada&nbsp;on&nbsp;June&nbsp;17.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">The&nbsp;leaders&nbsp;of&nbsp;G7&nbsp;highlighted&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    \u201cthe&nbsp;importance&nbsp;of&nbsp;a&nbsp;free,&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    open,&nbsp;prosperous&nbsp;and&nbsp;secure&nbsp;Indo-Pafic,&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;rule&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    of&nbsp;Law,\u201d&nbsp;and&nbsp;they&nbsp;discussed \u201ctheir&nbsp;ongoing&nbsp;serious&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    concerns&nbsp;about&nbsp;China\u2019s&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    destabilizing&nbsp;activities&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;East&nbsp;and South&nbsp;China&nbsp;Seas&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    importance&nbsp;of&nbsp;maintaining&nbsp;the&nbsp;peace&nbsp;and&nbsp;stability across&nbsp;the&nbsp;Taiwan&nbsp;Strait\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><b><span style=\"color:rgb(35,34,228)\">Prime Minister of Canada<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pm.gc.ca\/en\/news\/statements\/2025\/06\/17\/g7-chairs-summary\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.pm.gc.ca\/en\/news\/statements\/2025\/06\/17\/g7-chairs-summary&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470363000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3FewAOLB_vN-c-3NPewudz\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.pm.gc.ca\/en\/news\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  statements\/2025\/06\/17\/g7-<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  chairs-summary<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/19<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-105\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;UK&nbsp;Royal&nbsp;Navy&nbsp;announced&nbsp;that&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    their&nbsp;patrol&nbsp;vessel&nbsp;has&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    sailed&nbsp;through&nbsp;the&nbsp;Taiwan&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Strait&nbsp;on&nbsp;June&nbsp;19.&nbsp;HMS&nbsp;Spey&nbsp;has&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    navigated&nbsp;through&nbsp;the&nbsp;Taiwan&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Strait&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;time&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    since&nbsp;2021,&nbsp;when&nbsp;the&nbsp;HMS&nbsp;Richmond&nbsp;was&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    deployed&nbsp;in the East&nbsp;China&nbsp;Sea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n                                                    &nbsp; &nbsp;China&nbsp;criticized&nbsp;UK&nbsp;patrol&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    as&nbsp;an&nbsp;international&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    provocation&nbsp;and&nbsp;a&nbsp;disruptive&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    act&nbsp;that&nbsp;undermines&nbsp;peace&nbsp;and&nbsp;security.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-106\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><b><span style=\"color:rgb(35,34,228)\">BBC<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ckg3rrz94nzo\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ckg3rrz94nzo&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470363000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3j80bG2_B46uI4GsM_9ngY\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  articles\/ckg3rrz94nzo<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/19<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-107\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp; JS&nbsp;Takanami&nbsp;sailed&nbsp;through&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    the&nbsp;Taiwan&nbsp;Strait&nbsp;on&nbsp;June&nbsp;12.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">This&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;third&nbsp;time&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    JMSDF&nbsp;vessel&nbsp;to&nbsp;navigate&nbsp;in&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    the&nbsp;Taiwan&nbsp;Strait.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">According&nbsp;to&nbsp;government&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    sources,&nbsp;Takanami&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    deliberately&nbsp;passed&nbsp;through&nbsp;the&nbsp;Taiwan&nbsp;Strait&nbsp;on&nbsp;its&nbsp;way&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    to&nbsp;the&nbsp;South&nbsp;China&nbsp;Sea&nbsp;to&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    participate&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;joint&nbsp;exercise&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Philippine&nbsp;Navy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-108\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><b><span style=\"color:rgb(35,34,228)\">The Asahi Shimbun<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/articles\/AST6M4478T6MUTIL02NM.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/articles\/AST6M4478T6MUTIL02NM.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470363000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2NHDwwECJAm7lZasJ5vqpo\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  articles\/AST6M4478T6MUTIL02NM.<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  html<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/20<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-109\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\u3000&nbsp; Japan&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;Guard&nbsp;hosted&nbsp;a&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    joint&nbsp;exercise&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    and&nbsp;the&nbsp;Philippine&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;Guard&nbsp;on&nbsp;June&nbsp;20.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">This&nbsp;exercise&nbsp;is&nbsp;aimed&nbsp;to&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    strengthen&nbsp;the&nbsp;cooperation&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    between&nbsp;three&nbsp;coast&nbsp;guards&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    facing the&nbsp;expansion&nbsp;of&nbsp;China\u2019s&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    assertiveness&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;East&nbsp;and&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    South&nbsp;China&nbsp;Sea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">This&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;second&nbsp;time&nbsp;to&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    hold&nbsp;the&nbsp;trilateral&nbsp;exercise&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    and&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;time&nbsp;for&nbsp;Japan&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    to&nbsp;host&nbsp;the&nbsp;US-Japan-the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Philippine&nbsp;trilateral&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    exercise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-110\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><b><span style=\"color:rgb(35,34,228)\">The Sankei Shimbun (Japanese)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20250620-HXXL5SXS5RLXLKBYOLCW6WWU2Y\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/article\/20250620-HXXL5SXS5RLXLKBYOLCW6WWU2Y\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470363000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2TXLHn03z2Z5zihj9N8jv0\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.sankei.com\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  article\/20250620-<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  HXXL5SXS5RLXLKBYOLCW6WWU2Y\/<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/20<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-111\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;JMSDF&nbsp;continuously&nbsp;observed&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    several&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;naval&nbsp;vessels,<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    &nbsp;including&nbsp;two&nbsp;Admiral&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Kuznetsov class&nbsp;aircraft&nbsp;carriers&nbsp;(Lioning,&nbsp;hull&nbsp;number&nbsp;16&nbsp;and&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Shandong,&nbsp;hull&nbsp;number17),&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Pacific&nbsp;Ocean.&nbsp;JMSDF&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    also&nbsp;confirmed&nbsp;that&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    aircraft&nbsp;carriers had&nbsp;conducted&nbsp;fighters\u2019&nbsp;take-<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    off&nbsp;and&nbsp;landing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n                                                    &nbsp; &nbsp;On&nbsp;June&nbsp;20,&nbsp;JMSDF&nbsp;also&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    confirmed&nbsp;that&nbsp;Lioning,&nbsp;two&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Luyang&nbsp;III&nbsp;class&nbsp;destroyers&nbsp;(hull&nbsp;number&nbsp;121&nbsp;and&nbsp;122),&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    two&nbsp;Renhai&nbsp;class&nbsp;destroyers&nbsp;(<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    hull&nbsp;number&nbsp;101&nbsp;and&nbsp;104),&nbsp;and&nbsp;one&nbsp;Fuyu&nbsp;class&nbsp;fast&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    combat&nbsp;support&nbsp;ship&nbsp;sailing&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    northwest&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;waters&nbsp;of&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Okinawa&nbsp;and&nbsp;navigated&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;East&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    China&nbsp;Sea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-112\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><b><span style=\"color:rgb(35,34,228)\">Japan Joint Staff<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2025\/p20250620_01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2025\/p20250620_01.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470363000&amp;usg=AOvVaw14NpUUSHzCZXDdh-mFQUkl\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  2025\/p20250620_01.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/21<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-113\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;The&nbsp;Philippines&nbsp;announced&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    that&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Guard&nbsp;vessels&nbsp;fired&nbsp;a&nbsp;water&nbsp;cannon at&nbsp;the&nbsp;Philippine&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;Guard&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    vessels&nbsp;on&nbsp;June&nbsp;20.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">According&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;announcement,<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    &nbsp;four&nbsp;Philippine&nbsp;vessels&nbsp;were&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    blocked&nbsp;by&nbsp;a&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;Coast&nbsp;Guard ship,&nbsp;while&nbsp;supplying&nbsp;fuel&nbsp;to&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Philippine&nbsp;fishing&nbsp;boats.&nbsp;The&nbsp;Philippine&nbsp;side&nbsp;released&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    the&nbsp;video&nbsp;showing&nbsp;one&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    vessel&nbsp;targeting&nbsp;the&nbsp;Philippine&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    vessels&nbsp;with&nbsp;water&nbsp;cannon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">The&nbsp;Philippine&nbsp;accuse&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Coast&nbsp;Guard&nbsp;of&nbsp;acting&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    illegally&nbsp;and&nbsp;endangering&nbsp;the&nbsp;lives&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    crew&nbsp;members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-114\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><b><span style=\"color:rgb(35,34,228)\">NHK World (English)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2025\/p20250602_02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2025\/p20250602_02.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470363000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3pqPycBHYKwo3O79-wt1Ue\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  2025\/p20250602_02.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/21<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-115\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;The&nbsp;4th&nbsp;Escort&nbsp;Flotilla&nbsp;(<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    JMSDF) vessels,&nbsp;the&nbsp;JS&nbsp;Ise&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    JS&nbsp;Suzunami,&nbsp;made&nbsp;a&nbsp;port&nbsp;call&nbsp;in&nbsp;Manila, and&nbsp;held&nbsp;a&nbsp;welcome&nbsp;ceremony.&nbsp;At&nbsp;the&nbsp;press&nbsp;conference,&nbsp;when&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    asked&nbsp;about&nbsp;China\u2019s&nbsp;water&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    cannon&nbsp;issues,&nbsp;Rear&nbsp;Admiral&nbsp;Takashi&nbsp;NATSUI,&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    commander&nbsp;of&nbsp;Escort&nbsp;Flotilla&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    4,&nbsp;said&nbsp;that&nbsp;China\u2019s&nbsp;attempt&nbsp;to&nbsp;changethe&nbsp;status&nbsp;quo&nbsp;by&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    force&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;serious&nbsp;challenge&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    to&nbsp;the&nbsp;fee&nbsp;and&nbsp;open&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    international&nbsp;order&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    the&nbsp;rule&nbsp;of&nbsp;law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><b><span style=\"color:rgb(35,34,228)\">NHK News (Japanese)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/html\/20250621\/k10014841021000.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/html\/20250621\/k10014841021000.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470363000&amp;usg=AOvVaw03DM-ewHUUe_pG5RtbA_d3\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  html\/20250621\/k10014841021000.<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  html<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/23<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-116\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;JMSDF&nbsp;continuously&nbsp;observed&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    several&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;naval&nbsp;vessels,<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    &nbsp;including&nbsp;two&nbsp;Admiral&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Kuznetsov&nbsp;class&nbsp;aircraft&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    carriers&nbsp;(Shandong,&nbsp;hull&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    number17),in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Pacific&nbsp;Ocean.&nbsp;JMSDF&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    also&nbsp;confirmed&nbsp;that&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    aircraft&nbsp;carriers&nbsp;had&nbsp;conducted&nbsp;fighters\u2019&nbsp;take-<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    off&nbsp;and&nbsp;landing.&nbsp;<br \/>\n                                                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n                                                    &nbsp;On&nbsp;June&nbsp;23,&nbsp;JMSDF&nbsp;confirmed&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Shandong&nbsp;and&nbsp;its&nbsp;escort&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    vessels&nbsp;navigated&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;South&nbsp;China&nbsp;Sea. JMSDF confirmed about times take-off and landing&nbsp;from Shandon between June 20 to 22.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">Blue: Shandong&nbsp;Pink: Lioning<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;text-align:-webkit-center\"><img width=\"529\" style=\"display:block;margin:0 auto;vertical-align:top;max-width:100%;height:auto;width:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NaqQY4BcAjv_Uu7cCOYU8YhY4jZ4d3X-oMkuT6Dla_WJsZP3QpEC0tDZR0c50MJSmFjrSCDSi7O4iaCUPYd8WBAsDyRWTFFS5pE1I0iIgcTpbuCjRAYk-zJfCmVOzJbC6vN2B8=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gy53-cdn.asp.cuenote.jp\/0000013c\/202506\/0001cefc\/0012-cda7cd317eb8.png\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;text-align:-webkit-center\"><img width=\"518\" style=\"display:block;margin:0 auto;vertical-align:top;max-width:100%;height:auto;width:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NaUxNGSEKrCo3jwijiXQUIqq8Hyfis930Vg1wkiNYybHq2EbOzMcBcUtnsYS9R9ho0ECPNMBl3nx85WKPqdLMG3nS9Cs9duSQ8W4EL7MpBOSEr471wKgWq25vvxB_0npjnXlPQ=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gy53-cdn.asp.cuenote.jp\/0000013c\/202506\/0001cefc\/0013-c019bc50583b.png\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-117\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><b><span style=\"color:rgb(35,34,228)\">Japan Joint Staff<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2025\/p20250623_01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2025\/p20250623_01.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470364000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Q0HJ2u7Yo3MV_3xoUqx3M\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  2025\/p20250623_01.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/23<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-118\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; JMSDF&nbsp;confirmed&nbsp;two&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Jiangkai&nbsp;II&nbsp;class&nbsp;frigates&nbsp;(<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    hull&nbsp;number&nbsp;538&nbsp;and&nbsp;550)&nbsp;and&nbsp;Renhai&nbsp;class&nbsp;destroyer&nbsp;(<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    hull&nbsp;number&nbsp;102),&nbsp;and&nbsp;Fuchi&nbsp;class&nbsp;fast&nbsp;combat&nbsp;oiler&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    (hull&nbsp;number&nbsp;903)&nbsp;sailing&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    northwest&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;waters&nbsp;110km&nbsp;northeast&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    of&nbsp;Miyako&nbsp;Island&nbsp;(Okinawa&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Prefecture)&nbsp;on&nbsp;June&nbsp;22.&nbsp;<br \/>\n                                                    &nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n                                                    &nbsp; &nbsp;JMSDF&nbsp;subsequently&nbsp;confirmed&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    these&nbsp;vessels&nbsp;were&nbsp;sailing&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    northwest&nbsp;through&nbsp;the&nbsp;waters&nbsp;between&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Miyako&nbsp;and&nbsp;Okinawa&nbsp;Islands&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    toward&nbsp;the&nbsp;East&nbsp;China&nbsp;Sea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">This&nbsp;squad&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;same&nbsp;one&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    observed&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Osumi&nbsp;Strait&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    on&nbsp;June&nbsp;4-5.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;text-align:-webkit-center\"><img width=\"529\" style=\"display:block;margin:0 auto;vertical-align:top;max-width:100%;height:auto;width:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NYGqRCvakX5f_HrOz72hkWci3wHdStPOF8a3qIXXrgmhHKgrrp2fHwU5YrADUpt-o2wZTZIs0LMNGGziTGgzkAyNofsAVo1Ggm8k81e1j8d4SlPTtE6LQ0n2-oRtEFVHgpV7kY=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gy53-cdn.asp.cuenote.jp\/0000013c\/202506\/0001cefc\/0014-61dc286450da.png\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;text-align:-webkit-center\"><img width=\"529\" style=\"display:block;margin:0 auto;vertical-align:top;max-width:100%;height:auto;width:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_Na9yaPs3dyiokMw1HcxmhIhRiJ-OZpe648_s2uayIMahNsAwFOyqUknicnKHsohiHo-kuNmhj4XAwlMkK0xbG5rd17Va49MhEG9Ais1jOIF_VyoGTz2CADS9yuc16K-31z6eK0=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gy53-cdn.asp.cuenote.jp\/0000013c\/202506\/0001cefc\/0015-198a9f190bdf.png\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;text-align:-webkit-center\"><img width=\"529\" style=\"display:block;margin:0 auto;vertical-align:top;max-width:100%;height:auto;width:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NbnKiC823k_VFKYDx8bXZY4WUh2vUui9qbZgnRodlu0Ha23aS_qG27N9tfWS-4LWhnOqVL-a1neytDo8QPn4SsJRx1NzqEK0pdtAZPHRwaNIf0aZERtgNAyfXjOAHrzN5JgxFI=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gy53-cdn.asp.cuenote.jp\/0000013c\/202506\/0001cefc\/0002-f87f373c05cf.png\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;text-align:-webkit-center\"><img width=\"529\" style=\"display:block;margin:0 auto;vertical-align:top;max-width:100%;height:auto;width:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NbLCBBemt_mrsuNeK4qmX6VQxEH-za9HGfP0_KGKonD4liFINl_kkwoEgf_BdNUbwbL506NyMjYriEzZDsGpHY7Lto2_ihoYkmSBLAQ2WJum5SuiaJZkTgVu7aaugBfO5FGJlA=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gy53-cdn.asp.cuenote.jp\/0000013c\/202506\/0001cefc\/0003-e46e43ed8299.png\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-119\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(0,44,254)\"><b>Japan Joint Staff<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2025\/p20250623_02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2025\/p20250623_02.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470364000&amp;usg=AOvVaw14sIOcrAOfLpZ3jlBY0FNr\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  2025\/p20250623_02.pdf<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/24<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-120\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;Ministry&nbsp;of&nbsp;Foreign&nbsp;Affairs&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    of&nbsp;Japan&nbsp;issued&nbsp;the&nbsp;press&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    release&nbsp;on&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;one-sided&nbsp;natural&nbsp;resources&nbsp;development&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    in&nbsp;the&nbsp;East&nbsp;China&nbsp;Sea&nbsp;on&nbsp;June&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    24.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">The&nbsp;press&nbsp;release&nbsp;announced&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    that&nbsp;the&nbsp;government&nbsp;of&nbsp;Japan&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    confirmed&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;activities to&nbsp;install&nbsp;a&nbsp;structure&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    west&nbsp;side&nbsp;of&nbsp;geographic&nbsp;Japan-China&nbsp;median&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    line in&nbsp;the&nbsp;East&nbsp;China&nbsp;Sea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n                                                    &nbsp; &nbsp; Japan&nbsp;expresses&nbsp;its&nbsp;profound&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    regret&nbsp;to&nbsp;China,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">and&nbsp;Masaaki&nbsp;KANAI,&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    director&nbsp;of&nbsp;Asian&nbsp;and&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Oceanian&nbsp;Bureau,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">strongly&nbsp;protested&nbsp;to&nbsp;Shi&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Yong,&nbsp;Minister&nbsp;Counselor&nbsp;of&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    the&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;Embassy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-121\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><b><span style=\"color:rgb(35,34,228)\">Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/mofaj\/press\/release\/pressit_000001_02313.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/mofaj\/press\/release\/pressit_000001_02313.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470364000&amp;usg=AOvVaw08tX6bcw-cvmVxY2EHY4Ds\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/mofaj\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  press\/release\/pressit_000001_<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  02313.html<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/25<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-122\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;China&nbsp;responded&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Japanese&nbsp;protest&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    structure&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;East&nbsp;China&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Sea.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">At&nbsp;the&nbsp;press&nbsp;conference,&nbsp;Guo&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Jiakun,&nbsp;deputy&nbsp;director&nbsp;of&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    the&nbsp;Information,&nbsp;said&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;cannot&nbsp;accept&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    the&nbsp;unsubstantiated&nbsp;protest&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    and&nbsp;insist&nbsp;that&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    activities&nbsp;are&nbsp;completely&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Chinese&nbsp;sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-123\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><b><span style=\"color:rgb(35,34,228)\">Jiji Press (Japanese)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jiji.com\/jc\/article?k=2025062500954&amp;g=int#goog_rewarded\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.jiji.com\/jc\/article?k%3D2025062500954%26g%3Dint%23goog_rewarded&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470364000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2sKZ4mc8kXdIQg9y1GUfIj\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.jiji.com\/jc\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  article?k=2025062500954&amp;g=int#<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  goog_rewarded<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\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\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #202020;\">6\/26<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; border-top: solid white 1.0pt; background: #eeeeee; padding: 3.75pt;\">\n<div>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-124\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;JMSDF&nbsp;confirmed&nbsp;one&nbsp;Russian&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Udaloy&nbsp;I&nbsp;class&nbsp;destroyer&nbsp;(<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    hull&nbsp;number&nbsp;564)&nbsp;and&nbsp;one&nbsp;Udaloy&nbsp;II&nbsp;class&nbsp;destroyer&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    (hull&nbsp;number&nbsp;543)&nbsp;sailing west&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;waters 30km north of&nbsp;Cape&nbsp;Soya&nbsp;(Hokkaido)&nbsp;on&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    June 25.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">JMSDF&nbsp;then&nbsp;confirmed&nbsp;these&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    vessels&nbsp;were&nbsp;sailing west in the Soya&nbsp;Strait.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;JMSDF also confirmed four Russian vessels from June 25 to 26.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">On June 25, JMSDF confirmed Russian Tarantul III\u3000class corvette (hull number 971)&nbsp;sailing west in the warters 40km north of Cape Soya.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">On June 26, JMSDF confirmed two Russian Steregushchiy class frigates&nbsp;(hull number 333 and 335)&nbsp; and one Udaloy I class destroyer (hull number 564) sailing west in the waters 30km north of Cape Soya.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;From&nbsp;25&nbsp;to&nbsp;26&nbsp;June,&nbsp;these&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    vessels&nbsp;navigated&nbsp;west&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    through&nbsp;the&nbsp;Soya&nbsp;Strait.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">These&nbsp;are&nbsp;the&nbsp;same&nbsp;vessels&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    that&nbsp;were&nbsp;confirmed&nbsp;sailing&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    east in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Soya&nbsp;Strait&nbsp;on&nbsp;12&nbsp;and&nbsp;14&nbsp;June.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\u3000<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;text-align:-webkit-center\"><img width=\"567\" style=\"display:block;margin:0 auto;vertical-align:top;max-width:100%;height:auto;width:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NaYL6O5iR7pUJZTNyTd2tGy56WqG63ZtPMt4qYn8CPXTt-N9t9L8RWtk7nByAX3VpXHvwLCocQ3HDoZxT_M-ZaKX_9v-rNdGCFGhNUSReh2XexzGiD8lDlhVn1J2oWuz6z87vQ=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gy53-cdn.asp.cuenote.jp\/0000013c\/202506\/0001cefc\/0004-382f9708b9ec.png\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;text-align:-webkit-center\"><img width=\"567\" style=\"display:block;margin:0 auto;vertical-align:top;max-width:100%;height:auto;width:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_Nbd3PpO45HjjuHhOnWpSLVopF6_co3aE9RdR18vANqgpj536wydsIw8OzJVOuKKY6JaFUSwMhMWLXISeWaJvOoD24Q8Mdy3WfNfOMmnP-4sMxpquE0k3e0tOFmcfDJNGvwuZyU=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gy53-cdn.asp.cuenote.jp\/0000013c\/202506\/0001cefc\/0005-e6c9be3d599e.png\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;text-align:-webkit-center\"><img width=\"567\" style=\"display:block;margin:0 auto;vertical-align:top;max-width:100%;height:auto;width:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NZE-fSapcz-1LR6KQd8V9m0dB5B10Y2fg72drP05edM1UIM0JXH0Vh5JrB2uVumS-_fG0mgomkUj9VZ0IYfBL42iq5_WeQMA8hzGVIWzsGxVC5C2rdQkxaMS00zR4j0GIJCHT8=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gy53-cdn.asp.cuenote.jp\/0000013c\/202506\/0001cefc\/0006-d42b7ef32b5f.png\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;text-align:-webkit-center\"><img width=\"567\" style=\"display:block;margin:0 auto;vertical-align:top;max-width:100%;height:auto;width:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NadY846zESED3SaAc6nz885PGAVgkJN0p2-s11oS8e6HKf6CeF-vgoBGNz5zvInocw4jts0ZAKKKRyNuLwodLFMBmegfA96a0H7TdrxqdoBPfQlW0718uKF-s-NAAXsFNdx5Nw=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gy53-cdn.asp.cuenote.jp\/0000013c\/202506\/0001cefc\/0007-ad3a95fb368b.png\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;text-align:-webkit-center\"><img width=\"482\" style=\"display:block;margin:0 auto;vertical-align:top;max-width:100%;height:auto;width:auto\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_NZiPyBt55now28jJbDM3em0lVmq1Me4hRizsvll8pib57Zvmjokc-W455Hv1aDna--W213wNkhYxUkuu8628D3hi56h0MUzDJJGC_R11hw0KS9ghM9KW6kDsgiYqM930DktV2k=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/gy53-cdn.asp.cuenote.jp\/0000013c\/202506\/0001cefc\/0008-56ab2cfbde6c.png\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div id=\"m_5606653121128293070m_6205821538563549684fc-id-125\" style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\"><span style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\"><b><span style=\"color:rgb(0,44,254)\">Japan Joint Staff<\/span><\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:100%!important;width:100%;table-layout:fixed\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" height=\"*\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-word;font-family:&quot;Meiryo UI&quot;,Meiryo,&quot;MS PGothic&quot;,Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:1.8;\"><a style=\"color:rgb(51,122,183)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2025\/p20250626_01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=ja&amp;q=https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/2025\/p20250626_01.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1751792470364000&amp;usg=AOvVaw28mpEzEN09N9Yvfm5BfwAo\" rel=\"noopener\"><span><span>https:\/\/www.mod.go.jp\/js\/pdf\/<wbr><br \/>\n                                                  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style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;On June 26,&nbsp;Japan&nbsp;Joint&nbsp;Staff&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    confirmed&nbsp;one&nbsp;Chinese&nbsp;UAV&nbsp;(<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    estimated)&nbsp;flying&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;East China&nbsp;Sea&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Pacific&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Ocean&nbsp;through&nbsp;the&nbsp;area&nbsp;between&nbsp;Yonagunijim&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Island&nbsp;and&nbsp;Taiwan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">This&nbsp;UAV&nbsp;then turned&nbsp;and&nbsp;flew&nbsp;back&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    East&nbsp;China&nbsp;Sea through&nbsp;the&nbsp;same&nbsp;area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp;(<span style=\"color:rgb(254,6,6)\"><b>Red Line<\/b><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp; &nbsp;On the same day, Japan Joint Staff also confirmed another Chinese UAV (estimated)&nbsp;flying from the Pacific Ocean to the East China Sea through the area&nbsp;between Yonaguni Island and Taiwan.<span style=\"color:rgb(51,51,51)\"> <span style=\"color:rgb(51,51,51)\">(<\/span><b><\/b><\/span><span style=\"color:rgb(239,248,5)\"><b><span style=\"color:rgb(248,203,2)\">Yellow Line<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color:rgb(51,51,51)\">)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Japan&nbsp;Air&nbsp;Self-Defense&nbsp;<wbr><br \/>\n                                                    Force&nbsp;scrambled&nbsp;to&nbsp;this&nbsp;UAV.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n                                                  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px\">\n<p 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The Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS) publishes the biweekly newsletter, \u201cEast Asian Maritime Security (EAMS)\u201d and updates the information on maritime security relevant to East Asia and Japan&#8217;s territory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"u-mbs is-top mw-400\"><a class=\"c-button\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/CiMT6bWdHrryT8mM6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Registration Form<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vol.24. June 30. 2025 \u00a0 What is happening in East Asian Maritime Security? The Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS) publishes the biweekly newsletter, the information on maritime security relevant to East Asia and Japan&#8217;s territory. Statistical Data and Analysis (as of June 30) \u00a0 The G7 Kananaskis Summit was held from June 16 to 17. 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