2012年10月18日木曜日

Japan Times on line Seven Chinese navy worships skirt Okinawa


1)Title of article in English and Japanese
Seven Chinses navy worships skirt Okinawa
沖縄のすぐそばを行きかう7隻の海軍軍艦

2)First sentence in English and Japanses
Seven Chinese warships passed Tuesday through Japan's contiguous zone, a band of water just outside the nation's territorial waters, near an Okinawa island, the Defense Ministry said.
防衛省は、火曜日に七隻の海軍軍艦が、日本の沖縄の領海のすぐそばのラインを渡っていたことを発表した。

3)Summary of article in English
On Tuesday morning, at around at seven a.m. there were seven Chinses worships including destroyers and frigates, and it spotted from the Pacific Ocean to the East China Sea. The Defence Minister Mr. Morimoto said that he was not sure the purpose of the warships, and he added that "At present, we don't see any helicopters flying from the vessels," . Surprizingly, this is the first time that the Chinses navy worships invaded into 22 km wides contiguous zone between Yonaguni and Iriomote islands. Japan said that senkaku island's contiguous zone is control by theirselves, but China complaimd it. It is maybe Chinses protest, so the Defence Ministry said that we want to avoid the collsion each other.

4)Reflections
I think, Japan and Chinses should live in friendship. Japan and Chinses are arguing about the problem of Senkaku island, China claim that it is Chinses' property, but Japan deny it. Certainly, I think Senkaku island is the property of Japan, but if China get the proprietary of Senkaku island, they will be also get more wide territorial water. However, this fight between Japan and Chinses is too heat upping now, so I am anxious about the friendship between them from now on. But I think, we can't be live without the cooporation. Because Japanese industries are  relying on China, and it is also the same thing to the Chinses people. Maybe the problem of Senkaku island will continue, but I hope that the relationship between Japan and Chinses will get fixed.

5)vocabulary
worships 軍艦  contiguous 隣接した  confirm 確認された provoke 挑発する  territorial 領土の

Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121017a3.html

1 件のコメント:

  1. I have friends in China, so I am sad when I heard such these news.
    I really hope they make friends with each other, too.

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