Overview
- Japan Coast Guard confirmed four China Coast Guard vessels with machine guns near the Senkaku Islands’ contiguous zone for a sixth straight day and issued warnings to keep them from territorial waters.
- U.S. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel called China’s suspension of Japanese seafood imports “typical economic coercion” and voiced support for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Japan’s fisheries sector after meeting Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi.
- Multiple outlets reported that China has effectively halted imports of Japanese seafood, with procedures stopped for shipments bound for the Chinese market.
- Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said the government is concerned about rapid, one‑sided yen weakness and is watching for disorderly moves with a high sense of urgency.
- Separately, the Nagoya High Court’s Kanazawa branch will issue a decision on November 28 regarding injunction requests to halt operations at the Mihama and Takahama nuclear plants in Fukui Prefecture.