Japan and Taiwan held joint drills off the coast of the Chiba prefecture, near Boso Peninsula, focusing on search and rescue-style operations on Thursday, July 18th..The exercise marks the first joint drill since ending relations in 1972..Cooperation with neighboring nations' coast guards to improve overall operations should not be interfered with, according to Ocean Affairs Council (OAC) Minister Kuan Bi-king on Saturday, July 20th..She added that, with Japan and Taiwan so close together, they should make more efforts to improve efficiency in humanitarian assistance to protect the safety of people from any nationality..Bi-ling gave an example of the Suao-registered fishing vessel Ta Shing Yi, which lost engine power on May 8th of this year..The ship began drifting toward the Japanese coast, which prompted the Japanese Coast Guard to analyze water currents and wind patterns to interpret the ship, where it was then taken to an area to allow the Taiwanese Coast Guard to tow it back to port.
Japan and Taiwan held joint drills off the coast of the Chiba prefecture, near Boso Peninsula, focusing on search and rescue-style operations on Thursday, July 18th..The exercise marks the first joint drill since ending relations in 1972..Cooperation with neighboring nations' coast guards to improve overall operations should not be interfered with, according to Ocean Affairs Council (OAC) Minister Kuan Bi-king on Saturday, July 20th..She added that, with Japan and Taiwan so close together, they should make more efforts to improve efficiency in humanitarian assistance to protect the safety of people from any nationality..Bi-ling gave an example of the Suao-registered fishing vessel Ta Shing Yi, which lost engine power on May 8th of this year..The ship began drifting toward the Japanese coast, which prompted the Japanese Coast Guard to analyze water currents and wind patterns to interpret the ship, where it was then taken to an area to allow the Taiwanese Coast Guard to tow it back to port.
