Japan still uses the excuse of an electronic military map failure for the intrusion of a warship into Chinese territorial waters.
According to Asahi Shimbun, in early July last year, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's "Suzuki" ship "accidentally" entered Chinese territorial waters near Zhejiang Province. After a Chinese vessel fired signal flares into the air, it gave a strong warning for the ship to leave the territorial waters immediately, according to several officials from the Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces.
The Chinese government has clarified that the incident of the Suzuki ship invading territorial waters has not been disclosed yet, but the details are unknown. According to several officials from the Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces, the Suzuki ship was sailing near the coast of Zhejiang Province in China on July 4th last year. A Chinese vessel discovered the Suzuki ship moving toward Chinese territorial waters, after which the Suzuki ship invaded the territorial waters. The Chinese side fired multiple illumination flares into the air and requested via radio to change course.
However, the electronic nautical chart of the Suzuki did "not show" Chinese territorial waters, and it is said that it continued to sail within Chinese territorial waters for a period of time. A senior defense department official testified that "this was a dangerous situation that could lead to an accidental collision."
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