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Armed Chinese Ships Linger Near Senkakus as Trump Hosts MBS With Investment Pledges

Authorities in Japan confront overlapping pressures across security, law, public safety.

Overview

  • Japan’s 11th Regional Coast Guard reported four China Coast Guard vessels equipped with machine guns operating in the contiguous zone near the Senkaku Islands for a sixth straight day and issued warnings to keep them from territorial waters.
  • At the White House, President Trump granted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unusually warm treatment and touted large U.S. investments, with the 2018 killing of a Saudi journalist left unaddressed in the visit’s outcomes.
  • The Nagoya High Court’s Kanazawa branch set November 28 for rulings on expedited appeals seeking provisional injunctions to halt operations at Kansai Electric’s Mihama No.3 and Takahama No.1–4 reactors.
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Police conducted on-street outreach in Edogawa Ward urging motorcyclists to slow down after a rise in fatalities linked to right-turn versus straight-through intersection crashes.
  • Aichi Prefectural Police arrested a 42-year-old Inagawa-kai–affiliated gang member and a 28-year-old woman after seizing 194 cannabis plants at a residence on suspicion of drug offenses, while New York stocks rebounded following a four-session slide.