The Japan Coast Guard this year issued exclusion orders to a total of 80 Chinese fishing vessels suspected of illegally operating in Japanese territorial waters in the East China Sea, a source familiar with the matter said Thursday.Japan has told China that foreign fishing ships are not allowed to operate "without permission" in the waters around the Senkaku Islands, controlled by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing, the source said.The uninhabited islets, called Diaoyu in China, have long been at the center of conflict between the Asian countries, as Beijing has ratcheted up pressure on Tokyo by …READ FULL ARTICLE
