Japan: Mystery &#39;Intruder&#39; Submarine was Chinese
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Japan says it will file a protest with the Chinese government after one of its submarines intruded into Japanese territorial waters.
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China has admitted that one of its  submarines accidentally intruded into Japanese waters last week  and has apologized for the incident, Japan's top government  spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said Tuesday.
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Japan on Friday requested an apology and explanation from China over a submarine that intruded into Japanese waters, but Tokyo restrained its protest to avoid further straining relations with Beijing.
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Japan's navy was mobilized on Wednesday  after an unidentified submarine was found in Japanese waters,  the top government spokesman said, confirming a report by  public broadcaster NHK.
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Japan lodged a formal protest with the Chinese government on Friday after determining that an unidentified nuclear submarine that entered its territorial waters this week belonged to China.
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Japan said China apologized on Tuesday  for the intrusion by one of its submarines into Japanese waters  last week in a gesture that defuses a dispute and may open the  way for a bilateral summit this weekend.
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The government ordered the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) to chase an unidentified submarine that was spotted in Japan&#39;s territorial waters around southwestern Okinawa Prefecture Wednesday morning, a government spokesman said.
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Japan is to formally protest to China after saying a submarine found in its waters on Wednesday was Chinese.
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YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK. Feb 5 (Interfax) - The crew of the Japanese fishing boat, the Zuishe Maru 38, except the skipper, have been turned over to Japanese coastguard officials, spokesman for the Federal Security Service's Sakhalin coast guards Yevgeny Lazarev said.
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THE detection of a foreign submarine in Japan&#39;s southern coastal waters threatens to aggravate tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.
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TOKYO  - Japan took up with China the issue of a suspicious submarine that intruded into its waters amid alarm in Tokyo that the vessel was a show of strength from its neighbour and growing competitor.
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Facing strong protests, China broke a week-long silence Tuesday and offered Japan its first explanation about a Chinese submarine that Tokyo said intruded into Japanese territorial
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TOKYO : Japan was on alert after a suspected Chinese nuclear submarine entered its territorial waters, prompting Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to voice concern, officials and reports said.
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China acknowledged today for the first time that one of its submarines had accidentally crossed into Japanese waters last week and expressed regret over the incursion, Japanâs foreign minister said.
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A submarine that intruded into waters off Japan earlier this week has been identified as Chinese, Japan's top government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said on Friday, adding that Tokyo would protest to Beijing.
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Japan&#39;s navy is chasing an unidentified submarine which was spotted inside the country&#39;s waters on Wednesday. The Japanese defence agency reportedly believes the sub is Chinese because of its cruising sound
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Japan has identified the submarine spotted in Japanese waters on Nov. 10 as belonging to China&#39;s navy, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said.