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A flotilla of 10 Chinese surveillance ships has been spotted near the disputed Senkaku islands. Tension ran high over Japan’s purchase of some of the islands in East China Sea. At noon, a fisheries surveillance ship was found within Japan ’s contiguous waters, which surround the territorial waters around the islands, the Japan Coast Guard said. Since Tuesday, a total of 16 Chinese official surveillance ships, 10 marine surveillance vessels and six fisheries surveillance ships, have entered Japanese territorial waters off the islands. According to the Japan Times, Japan purchased three of the five disputed islets on Sept. 11 despite Chinese objections, sparking a wave of anti-Japanese protests across China . Tokyo said the move is aimed at administering them in a stable manner and that no territorial dispute exists. The government has banned anyone, including Japanese nationals, from landing on the isles without approval, but a landing by a group of Japanese last month ended without a single arrest, the report added.

China sends ships to Senkaku islands amid ownership spat with Japan