May 3: at ~12:20pm, four 
China Coast Guard vessels successively intruded into 
territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture. A helicopter then took off from one of the vessels and entered airspace. ~15 minutes later, it exited the airspace.
All four vessels had moved out to the contiguous zone outside territorial waters by ~1pm.
All four vessels were equipped with autocannons. The patrol vessels demanded that they leave Japanese territorial waters.
english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/05/8
China Coast Guard vessels successively intruded into territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture. A helicopter then took off from one of the vessels and entered airspace. ~15 minutes later, it exited the airspace.
All four vessels had moved out to the contiguous zone outside territorial waters by ~1pm.
All four vessels were equipped with autocannons. The patrol vessels demanded that they leave Japanese territorial waters.
english.kyodonews.net/news/2025/05/8