Japan debating on response to China`s new law
(WorldNews Japan)

Osaka [Japan], February 15 (ANI): Amid the growing belligerence of China in the East and South China Sea following Beijing`s enactment of a new coast guard law, Japan is now deliberating on an apt response to the legislation, which is poised to escalate tensions in the region. The new Chinese law allows Beijing`s coast guard to use weapons against foreign ships that it sees as illegally entering its waters, sparking fear that Japanese vessels navigating around the Senkaku Islands would be targeted. A 2020 US Department of Defense report notes that over the past decade, China has more than doubled the number of large coast guard ships over...