Japan Coast Guard officials say Chinese ships were spotted in the contiguous zone just outside Japanese territorial waters a total of 355 days in 2024. That's three days more than a year before ...

On Tuesday the Japanese coast guard reported four Chinese vessels transiting the contiguous zone outside Japan's territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands, Kyodo News Agency reported. The Chinese ...

A Chinese frigate was spotted passing through the contiguous zone around the disputed Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, the government announced on July 4. This was the fourth time since June ...

International laws establish the recognized maritime zones of all nations including international waters, the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the high seas ...

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.

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 ...

limit of Taiwan’s contiguous zone, within which governments are permitted to take defensive action. China routinely sends ships and planes to challenge Taiwan’s willingness and ability to ...

Records from ship trackers indicated that the freighter on Oct. 10 entered the northern bounds of Taiwan’s contiguous zone, which is 24 nautical miles (44km) from its coast, sporadically deactivating ...

"For the time being, we can think about developing reciprocal measures. For example, imposing contiguous zones along the Northern Sea Route and on the Kuril Islands so that ships from unfriendly ...