China ships stay in Japan waters near Senkakus for record time

Chinese coast guard ships lingered in Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea for a record 80 hours and 36 minutes before the three vessels left the area Sunday evening, the Japan Coast Guard said.It is the longest period Chinese ships have intruded into the waters since the Japanese government put the islets under state control in 2012.The group of uninhabited islets, which China claims and calls Diaoyu, has long been a source of friction between the two Asian neighbors.Initially, a total of four Chinese vessels entered Japanese waters near the Senkakus i…READ FULL ARTICLE