The Senkaku Confrontation: Japan’s Coast Guard Faces Chinese “Patrol Ships”

A Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel conducting surveillance around Uotsurishima, one of the Senkaku Islands. (Courtesy Japan Coast Guard)

Akimoto describes the on-the-ground situation in the waters around the Senkaku Islands. (Photo by Amano Hisaki)

A JCG patrol boat (front) shadows a CCG vessel in Senkaku waters during a long, tense stand-off. (Courtesy Japan Coast Guard)