Japanese media reported on the 26th that the Japanese government announced on the 26th that it is possible to shoot a “hazardous fire” if a Chinese sea light line approaches the Senkaku Islands and attempts a landing.
Attempt to land a coastal vessel in China is regarded as a’harm crime’
Applying the police law, mention of shooting is unusual
Characteristics of responding to China’s maritime police law enforcement’weapons allowed’
– According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Japanese government said at a joint meeting with the Liberal Democratic Party’s Defense Division held on the previous day, when a crew member of a Chinese sea-lined ship tries to land on the Senkaku Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, maritime sheriffs will be “harmful fire” even if they do not fall under self-defense and emergency evacuation. He expressed the view that there may be cases where you can do’.
Article 7 of the Police Officer’s Duty Enforcement Act applies mutatis mutandis to the use of weapons by maritime sheriffs. In addition to self-defense and emergency evacuation, this article stipulates that harm can be inflicted only in cases where the current offender of the’harmful crime’ resists.
According to officials, the Japanese government explained that a series of attempts to land on the Senkaku Islands constituted a “serious crime,” and that there were cases in which it was possible to shoot harm to the ship. However, it was not clearly stated what kind of sin it was.
Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces aircraft are flying over the Senkaku Islands (Chinese name: Diaoyudao). [AFP=연합뉴스]
– Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers who attended the meeting said it was extremely unusual for the government to refer to a “harm of fire” to deter foreign government ships from compulsory landing, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported.
The Japanese government’s attitude is deeply related to the rising tensions in the Senkaku Islands since the Chinese side recently enforced the Maritime Police Act, which allowed the use of weapons by the sea police. The Senkaku Islands, effectively dominated by Japan, is an area where Japan and China are in dispute over sovereignty. In this regard, the Sankei Shimbun said, “The background of the Japanese government’s permission to use weapons is a perception that China is intensifying the situation, such as enforcing the Maritime Police Act.”
Tokyo = correspondent Yoon Seol-young [email protected]· 
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