Chinese government ships have been operating in the contiguous zone daily since April 14 for a total of 65 consecutive days, marking the longest recorded period. The previous record was 64 ...

The record for a continued Chinese presence in the contiguous zone so far was set between February 13 and July 19 in 2021, a total of 157 successive days, followed by a stretch of 138 days in 2022.

Chinese Coast Guard ships were spotted in the contiguous zone near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Dec. 14, marking 337 days so far this year that such sightings have been made.

NHK said the Liaoning sailed between the islands of Yonaguni and Iriomote in the southern Okinawa region, temporarily entering the “contiguous” zone adjacent to Japan’s territorial sea.

Early on Thursday, a Chinese Navy frigate entered the contiguous zone adjacent to the 12 nautical mile Japanese territorial sea around the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea.

Earlier, it was reported that Tallinn was working on plans to introduce a contiguous zone at a distance of more than 40 km from the baseline of Estonia’s territorial waters MOSCOW, January 24.