Japan’s 12 patrol boats are dedicated to the Diaoyu Islands and will purchase more armaments for ＂seizing the island＂

　　CCTV News:The draft budget for 2018 announced by the Japan Coast Guard has reached a record high. In order to strengthen the so-called maritime security of the Diaoyu Islands, Japan has made a lot of tricks, not only allocating 39.4 billion yen to build new patrol boats and purchase aircraft, but also planning to introduce satellite surveillance systems.

　　According to Japanese media reports, the Japan Coast Guard announced the draft budget for fiscal year 2018 on the 29th, with a total amount of 230.3 billion yen (about 14 billion yuan), an increase of 9% compared with the original budget for 2017 and a record high. In addition, the staffing also plans to increase by 493 people next year. Japan’s Kyodo News Agency said that the Coast Guard plans to apply for a record 39.4 billion yen (about 2.4 billion yuan) to build a so-called "strategic maritime security system" to strengthen security near the Diaoyu Islands, including funding for a new 6,500-ton large patrol boat capable of carrying helicopters, a 1,500-ton medium patrol boat and nine small patrol boats, and plans to introduce a new jet plane with a long cruising range. Japanese TBS TV said that the new patrol boat is scheduled to officially sail in 2021.

The so-called "Diaoyu Island Exclusive Force" at Ishigaki Port in Okinawa was first exposed.

Chinese and Japanese law enforcement vessels have close contact in the waters around Diaoyu Island.

　　Around the Diaoyu Islands issue, the Japan Coast Guard launched the so-called "Diaoyu Islands Special Team System" consisting of 12 patrol boats in April 2016, equipped with 10 1,500-ton patrol boats and 2 large patrol boats capable of carrying helicopters. In March 2017, the so-called "Diaoyu Island Exclusive Force" in Ishigaki Port, Okinawa was first exposed. The Japan Coast Guard also released a video of close contact between Chinese and Japanese law enforcement vessels in the waters around the Diaoyu Islands.

　　Although the Japanese Coast Guard has concentrated the most elite forces in the direction of the Diaoyu Islands, the Japanese government is still in crisis in the face of the increasingly frequent cruise activities of China official ships in the Diaoyu Islands and its surrounding waters. According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, in 2012, there were only 68 official ships from China cruising in the territorial waters of Diaoyu Island, and by 2016, the number has increased to 121. China has comprehensively improved its maritime cruise capability in terms of quality and quantity.

　　Japanese media: The satellite system will help to quickly grasp the trend of China official ships.

　Japan coast guard patrol boat

　　At present, Japanese military strategic assets are accumulating in the Diaoyu Islands and the East China Sea, and the Coast Guard has become the "Depth Charge". By the end of 2016, Japan Coast Guard had nearly 370 patrol boats of various types, including 14 large patrol boats capable of carrying helicopters and 74 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.

　　According to Japan’s "Yomiuri Shimbun" reported on the 29th, Japan Coast Guard decided to introduce satellite surveillance system from this year. The monitoring object of the system ranges from the periphery of the Japanese archipelago to the coastal areas of China, South Korea and Russia, with an estimated area of 2.2 million square kilometers. The surveillance frequency of this area is at least twice a day, and the photos and videos taken by surveillance satellites will be transmitted to the headquarters of the national district of Japan for vigilance and search.

　　According to the report, so far, the Marine Insurance Agency has been responding to the patrol and search tasks by increasing patrol boats and planes. If it has its own satellite surveillance system, it can focus on shooting images of key surveillance areas and search for more accurate information. The introduction of this system will help to quickly grasp the movements of China official ships cruising in the territorial waters of Diaoyu Island.

　　Japanese media: The Japanese Police Agency will purchase more large helicopters for "seizing the island"

　　According to the Sankei Shimbun, the draft budget for fiscal year 2018 announced by the Japanese Police Agency on the 29th also contains contents related to the Diaoyu Islands. The cost of adding two large helicopters to the police in Fukuoka and Okinawa counties was added to the draft. This large helicopter can carry 25 people, which is the largest in police equipment. According to the report, the large helicopter can be used to deal with emergencies such as "foreign armed groups or groups claiming territorial sovereignty landing on outlying islands".