The following is from an article by Yoshihiko Yamada, a professor at Tokai University, which appeared in yesterday's Sankei Shimbun under the title 'Declare a state of emergency to protect the Senkaku Islands.'
The emphasis in the sentence except for the headline and the * note is mine.
A state of emergency should declare for the Senkaku Islands.
Security vessels of the China Sea Police Bureau frequently invade our territorial waters and try to eliminate Japanese fishing boats.
It is a dangerous situation that will shake up the administration of Japan in the Senkaku Islands.
China takes advantage of the new Corona.
China has taken advantage of the new coronavirus scourge, which the whole world is struggling to deal with, and has made a significant move toward dominating the Asian oceans.
To achieve that goal, they are trying to take the Senkaku Islands.
In the South China Sea, we must build artificial islands, turn them into military bases, and establish an effective system of control over the surrounding waters.
It was shown both inside and outside the country that the Spratly Islands were incorporated under the government's administration by establishing an administrative region with the Spratly Islands as Nansha District and the Paracel Islands as Xisha District.
In the East China Sea, it denies Japan's territorial rights to the international community, claiming that the Senkaku Islands are not under Japanese control.
To this end, it is relentlessly invading its territorial waters and attempting to enforce China's domestic laws.
On May 8, a Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel grasped four security ships of the China Sea Police Bureau, attempting to enter Japanese territorial waters about 12 kilometers off the coast of the Senkaku Islands Uotsuri Shima.
It was the eighth territorial sea invasion so far this year, and the Coast Guard, as usual, has taken the conventional system of warning and urging them to leave our territorial waters.
This time, however, China's aim was not merely to threaten its territorial waters. Two of the four ships that entered the territorial waters approached and followed the Japanese fishing boats that were operating in the vicinity.
There were three Yonaguni fishermen on board the fishing boat.
The Chinese security ship was able to get out of the territory after the Coast Guard patrol boat rushed in, but our fishermen were put in danger. The following day, on the 9th, the two ships entered the territorial waters again, ignored the recommendation to leave by the Coast Guard, and remained in the territorial waters until the evening of the 10th.
And on the 11th, Zhao Lijian, deputy press secretary of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said during a press conference, "Japanese fishing boats were asked to leave the sea because they were illegally operating in China's territorial waters. He also decisively responded to the illegal obstruction of Japan's Coast Guard. We have made an offer to the Japanese side not to violate China's sovereignty through diplomatic channels," he said.
China aims to divide the U.S. and Japan.
China's real aim was this press conference.
He declared the Senkaku Islands to be China's territory and under his administration.
Since the beginning of this year, Chinese security ships have been appearing in the connecting waters around the Senkaku Islands.
Between January and April 2020, a total of 409 Chinese security ships were confirmed in the territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands and the connecting waters, the most in history compared to the same period.
*It is why opposition politicians such as the Constitutional Democratic Party (DPJ) have been making a ruckus in the Diet every day since January.
When the Asahi Shimbun reported it, and NHK followed suit was to keep the Japanese people from paying attention to China's intentions. Now is the time to thoroughly investigate all of their travel histories to China and their contacts with Chinese embassy staff and others*.
Deputy Press Secretary Zhao further criticized Japan, saying that the two countries should do their utmost to counter the new coronavirus and further develop friendly and cooperative relations by not creating new conflicts on this issue and urging them to protect the stability of the situation in the East China Sea through actual actions.
Taking advantage of the new coronavirus, they have made a significant move toward invading the Senkaku Islands.
China aims to divide the United States and Japan.
Under the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, Japan could receive U.S. support if the Senkaku Islands were to become a crisis point.
The U.S. backing is an effective deterrent against China.
However, U.S. support under the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty is only available in areas under Japanese control.
If it is like the Northern Territories and Takeshima, it is judged not to be under the jurisdiction of the government; it cannot expect U.S. support.
China is destroying the legal basis for the U.S. to support Japan.
Can we objectively state that the Senkaku Islands are now under Japanese control?
The Senkaku Islands are not allowed to enter, and there is no plan for the state to use them.
Not only are they not allowed to use the islands and surrounding waters for research and study, but they are not allowed to use them peacefully for environmental research.
People's lives are at stake.
China is already one step ahead of China in terms of security for the Senkaku Islands.
The Japan Coast Guard has organized a dedicated Senkaku Islands unit to strengthen security, but the China Sea Police Bureau, with a sizeable 5,000-ton security vessel, has outstripped the JCG.
Besides, the Chinese National Maritime Police Bureau has incorporated into the Central Military Commission, which is a military agency and is no match for the JCG.
Under the current constitution, however, there are many restrictions on the SDF's ability to defend itself.
In the South China Sea, it has used force to sink a Vietnamese fishing boat in a dispute over maritime jurisdiction.
At this rate, our fishermen will be captured, and their lives will be in danger.
Both the Yonaguni Town Council and the Ishigaki City Council unanimously passed an opinion paper protesting China and asking the government to step up its vigilance, which will be submitted to the Prime Minister and the prefectural governor.
We want the government to respond to the wishes of people living on remote border islands with concrete measures.
It is urgently necessary to demonstrate that the Senkaku Islands are under Japanese control, including Japanese nationals.
First of all, we must send a marine research vessel to survey the seabed and fishery resources, and clearly establish sovereignty and administrative authority based on the U.N. Law of the Sea.
There is already no reprieve.
It is too late to lose the territory or the lives of the people.
It is the silly uproar over the prosecutor's office, which also appears to be the only criticism of the administration.
It makes sense that the opposition politicians of the Rikken DPJ, Asahi, NHK, etc., believe that this is also a ploy to keep the Japanese people from paying attention to China's intentions. As proof, they don't even ask the Diet any questions about China's plans and actions. However, NHK only mentioned China's activities on the Senkaku Islands for the first time last night (probably because of the heavy criticism). Their modus operandi is the treasonist's*.