A Chinese frigate was spotted passing through the contiguous zone around the disputed Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, the government announced on July 4. This was the fourth time since June ...

A submarine of foreign origin, presumed to belong to the Chinese Navy, was spotted passing through the contiguous zone off the coast of Amami-Oshima island in southern Japan, the Defense ...

Early on Thursday, a Chinese Navy frigate entered the contiguous zone adjacent to the 12 nautical mile Japanese territorial sea around the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea.

The maritime zones covered by RA 12064 include internal waters, archipelagic waters, the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the continental shelf.

Earlier, it was reported that Tallinn was working on plans to introduce a contiguous zone at a distance of more than 40 km from the baseline of Estonia’s territorial waters MOSCOW, January 24.