TOKYO, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Japan is implementing stricter measures against Chinese fishing boats that may enter Japanese territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands. Tokyo plans to deploy nine patrol vessels from November to 2018, and to quadruple existing manpower and equipment for monitoring, Japanese television network NHK reported Monday. According to the Japanese coast guard, the number of Chinese boats in violation of maritime law has increased. The coast guard said in 2015 it counted 99 boats in Japan-claimed waters. In 2016, that number increased to 135 boats that were occupying 70 percent of total fishing areas. Japan began building three patrol boats in 2014 in response to the ...
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