Source: The Guardian [UK]
“China has sent its coast guard through the waters of the Senkaku islands and military drones past outlying Japanese territory as Beijing ramps up tensions over the Japanese prime minister’s remarks on Taiwan. On Sunday the Chinese coast guard said its ships made a ‘rights enforcement patrol’ through the waters of the Senkaku, which are administered by Japan but also claimed by China as the Diaoyu islands. … China and Japan have repeatedly faced off around the islands but the latest activity comes amid an intensifying diplomatic spat after the Japanese prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, told parliament that if China attack[ed] democratically ruled Taiwan it could trigger a military response from Tokyo.” (11/16/25)