Representation lodged to Tokyo over islands

Beijing has lodged a solemn representation to Tokyo over local Japanese lawmakers' activities in the waters off the Diaoyu Islands, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Media reports said eight Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly members departed on Monday night to conduct a so-called survey in the waters off the islands in the East China Sea.

The representation was the second in a month. Beijing lodged an official protest earlier in the month over a fishing campaign held by a group of conservative Japanese politicians and political activists on June 10 in waters near the islands.