The Japanese government “Senkaku shoots when it comes to our land”… ‘Matching’ to the Chinese maritime administration law

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol aircraft orbiting over the Senkaku Islands (material photo) © AFP=News1

The Japanese government has officially formulated the position that it could carry out a “harmful fire” if a foreign ship invades the Senkaku Islands (Chinese name Diaoyudao), which is having a territorial dispute with China.

According to Jiji News, Japanese government spokesman Kato Katsunobu, at a press conference on the 26th, said at a press conference on the 26th that if a foreign ship is forced to land on Senkaku, it is recognized as a “harmful crime” and “it is allowed to harm people by using weapons.”

Article 7 of the Japanese Police Officer’s Duty Execution Act stipulates that in addition to self-defense and emergency evacuation, only if the current offender of the’harmful crime’ resists, the use of weapons can inflict harm.

Accordingly, it is explained that the maritime sheriff can exercise police powers such as dangerous fire.

Japanese Defense Minister Kishi Nobuo also stressed at a press conference on the day that “we can use weapons to the extent that it is judged reasonably necessary depending on the situation.”

It seems that the Japanese government’s mention of harmful shooting is based on the Chinese coastal line, which frequently appears in the waters near the Senkaku Islands, causing conflict between the two countries.

In particular, as the Chinese government enforced the’Marine Police Act’, which allowed the use of weapons by its own sea and borders in territorial disputes from the 1st, in Japan, opinions that Japan should also prepare a new law to respond to this is gaining strength.

Defense Minister Nobuo explained that “we will judge according to individual circumstances,” saying, “It depends on how ships behave in China’s maritime border countries.”

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