Dissatisfaction was announced after the Japanese navy discovered the process of China's installation of another drilling rig.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan has protested China because Beijing is developing the natural resources of the East China Sea unilaterally, reports Asahi .
“It is unfortunate that China is unilaterally active in the area to the west of the line of demarcation of economic interests,” the Japanese Foreign Ministry said in a statement. font-weight: 400; “>The Ministry reminds that China continues to carry out such activities, despite the agreement of the two countries from 2008 on cooperation in the waters of the region. There is no officially established border between Japan and China in the East China Sea. For its part, China has built more than a dozen drilling rigs at gas fields west of the line, which is believed in Tokyo to delimit the two countries' economic interests.
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In addition, Tokyo and Beijing are conducting territorial dispute over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands (Chinese name – Diaoyudao) in the East China Sea.
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