Japan to protest undersea oil work by China

Japan plans to lodge a protest with Beijing after China’s largest offshore oil development company said it had entered full production at a disputed undersea oil field in the East China Sea, a major newspaper reported yesterday.

Japanese officials are currently verifying the report, and if confirmed, the government will demand China immediately halt the drilling, the Nihon Keizai business newspaper reported. If rejected, Japan will consider retaliation, including launching its own drilling at a site near the median line between the two countries, the newspaper said.
Taipei Times