Following the Philippines' failed attempt to force its way into Second Thomas Shoal, Japan also jumped to the test and sent more than 10 ships to the Diaoyu Islands to challenge China's new coast guard regulations.
Beginning on the 20th, Japan dispatched four fishing boats, including the "Ebisu" and "Tsurumaru," as well as several patrol boats, to illegally enter the Diaoyu Islands for five consecutive days. But they were all expelled by our coast guard.
Over the years, Japan has been keeping a close eye on the Diaoyu Islands, since the Diaoyu Islands incident in 2010, China began to carry out regular law enforcement in the Diaoyu Islands, Japan has never had a chance to approach, but has always been a thief, at every turn to send some so-called survey ships, fishing boats to approach the Diaoyu Islands, the "Tsurumaru" is a "frequent visitor" of the Diaoyu Islands, in recent years, its figure often appears near the Diaoyu Islands.
Recently, Japan has started to attack the Diaoyu Islands again.
This time, Japan directly "responded" to the Philippines by intruding into the waters off the Diaoyu Islands. In addition to the "Ebisu" and "Tsurumaru", Japan also sent a number of patrol ships for the purpose of escorting the "Ebisu" and "Tsurumaru". It has been learned that Japan has also sent coast guard ships to follow from afar.
At that time, after the Japanese fishing boats entered the Diaoyu Islands, they were immediately expelled by the Chinese coast guard, but the Japanese fishing boats were not willing to leave like this, so they tried every means to bypass our coast guard ships, and even asked our coast guard ships to leave.
However, the tonnage of our coast guard ships is large, and the Japanese fishing boats have difficulty in moving, and the two sides have been confronting each other for a long time, and the Japanese fishing boats still want to confront the Chinese coast guard ships, but the coast guard ships will not give an inch, and at the last moment, the Japanese fishing boats will die down and leave the Diaoyu Islands.
After the incident, the China Coast Guard reported the incident and warned Japan to stop illegal activities and not to try to create an incident.
Why did Japan choose to make trouble at this time?
First of all, it cannot be ruled out that it was influenced by the United States.
Japan is a staunch ally of the United States, and the United States, Japan, and South Korea recently held a joint military exercise called "Freedom Blade" to warn Russia and its strategic partners.
On the other hand, it is to help the United States promote the NATO of the "Indo-Pacific", so that the United States' hegemony can cover the whole world as soon as possible. In addition, there is another most important reason, Japan wants to play the role of a pig and eat a tiger, and take advantage of the power of the United States to further expand its military capabilities, so as to have more influence and resources in Asia.
Now that the situation in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea is volatile, and Japan has long acted as a "pawn" of the United States, it is impossible not to be unaware of this matter.
Earlier, US Secretary of Defense Austin reaffirmed his commitment to protect Japan during his visit to Japan, and Austin bluntly said that the United States' commitment to protection also applies to the Diaoyu Islands.
Second, Japan is likely to be cooperating with the Philippines and wants to carry out a "north-south attack" against China, so China does not mind cleaning up together. On the South China Sea issue, Japan and the Philippines are the best at reversing black and white, and when China's new coast guard regulations came into effect some time ago, Japan was the first to stand up and accuse China together with the Philippines.
Every time the Philippines makes trouble, Japan will certainly stand up and support the Philippines firmly and without principle. If the United States wants to rearrange its Asia-Pacific layout, Japan and the Philippines are both indispensable "helpers" of the United States.
Now the United States plans to deploy a "littoral combat group" on Guam to link Guam, Japan and the Philippines into a line to confront China, threatening to protect allies such as Japan and the Philippines.
Under the coaxing of the United States, Japan and the Philippines will certainly work harder to prove their strength to the United States. Japan's move to the Diaoyu Islands is Japan's return to the United States.
Of course, a large part of the reason for Japan's forcible invasion of the Diaoyu Islands this time was due to its own selfish desires.
If you think about it carefully, you will find that the United States is using Japan and the Philippines to test the true strength of China's coast guard. The United States keeps saying that it wants to protect Japan and the Philippines, but after China's new coast guard regulations came into effect, the United States withdrew the "Roosevelt" from the South China Sea as soon as possible, and the United States also plans to transfer 4,000 US troops stationed in Okinawa from Japan.
It can be seen that the U.S. commitment to protection, like the U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty, exists only in words.
Japan should understand that China's new coast guard regulations are aimed at all illegal border crossers, not just the Philippines. Now that the Diaoyu Islands are under our control, any provocation will only bring humiliation upon itself in the end. If Japan wants to follow in the footsteps of the Philippines, then why not give it a try!