Early! Chinese Military Planes Enter, Japan Uses Fighter Jets

Jakarta –

Tight! Military Japan use of fighter jets after a Chinese military aircraft “breach” of Japanese airspace on Monday (26/8).

“It has been confirmed that a Chinese aircraft violated the territorial airspace off the coast of the Danjo Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture,” Japan’s Defense Ministry said in a statement, adding that it had “launched fighter jets in an emergency”.

The “Y-9 information gathering” plane entered Japanese airspace at 11:29 (0229 GMT) for about two minutes, the ministry said, according to the news agency. AFPMonday (26/8/2024).

Local media including NHK reported that the incident marked the first attack by a Chinese military aircraft into Japanese airspace.

Japanese and Chinese ships have been involved in tense incidents in disputed areas, particularly the Senkaku islands in the East China Sea, known as the Diaoyu in Beijing.

The remote island chain has fueled diplomatic tensions and become the scene of clashes between Japanese coast guard vessels and Chinese fishing vessels.

Beijing has been increasingly assertive in its claims to the islands in recent years, with Tokyo reporting the presence of coast guard vessels, a navy ship and even a nuclear-powered submarine. China.

(eng/ita)