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Australia has conveyed “our dismay, our despair, our frustration, but to put it really simply, our outrage at this verdict,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters in Canberra.
The latest flare-up in tensions over Dokdo, which Japan calls the Takeshima islands, stems from Tokyo’s top diplomat Yoko Kamikawa describing them as “Japanese territory under international law” in a speech she made to parliament last week.
Navy spokesman Roy Vincent Trinidad said about 200 vessels, including coastguard fleets, were swarming the outcrop about 37km (23 miles) away from the Second Thomas Shoal, referred to by the Chinese as Renai Jiao.
A senior US state department official has urged Papua New Guinea to turn down China’s offer of a potential security pact, warning the Pacific nation that any security guarantee with Beijing comes with consequences and costs.
Chinese warships have been spotted in the area and near the boundaries of Japan’s Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ), the Japanese defence ministry said on Wednesday without specifying a period of their presence, according to a report by the Yomiuri newspaper.
Hanoi also has the ability to isolate maritime issues from other bilateral ones, analysts say.
MANILA -- The Philippines' plan to buy its first submarine marks a step toward the Southeast Asian nation taking a more assertive approach to defending its interests beyond its borders, analysts say.
China’s third and newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, has yet to undergo sea trials but its design details – including an advanced “all in one” mast – are gradually being revealed.