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Japan Scrambles Jets As China Warplane Violates Airspace
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))
TOKYO, Aug 26 (KUNA) -- Japan's Defense Ministry confirmed that a Chinese military aircraft violated Japanese airspace for the first time ever on Monday.
The Y-9 intelligence-gathering plane entered Japanese airspace over waters off the Danjo islands in Nagasaki Prefecture in the East China Sea between 11:29 a.m. (0209 GMT) and 11:31 a.m., prompting the Air Self-Defense Force to scramble fighter jets, the ministry said in a statement.
The Japanese fighters did not use any weapons, according to the ministry.
The Chinese warplane began to circle over waters southeast of the islands, southwestern Japan, at around 10:40 a.m.
The aircraft circled the area again after breaching Japanese airspace, and eventually headed for China at about 1:15 p.m. (0415 GMT).
Following the incident, Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano summoned acting Chinese ambassador Shi Yong and lodged a solemn protest over the incursion and strongly urged China to prevent a recurrence, according to the Foreign Ministry. (end)
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The Y-9 intelligence-gathering plane entered Japanese airspace over waters off the Danjo islands in Nagasaki Prefecture in the East China Sea between 11:29 a.m. (0209 GMT) and 11:31 a.m., prompting the Air Self-Defense Force to scramble fighter jets, the ministry said in a statement.
The Japanese fighters did not use any weapons, according to the ministry.
The Chinese warplane began to circle over waters southeast of the islands, southwestern Japan, at around 10:40 a.m.
The aircraft circled the area again after breaching Japanese airspace, and eventually headed for China at about 1:15 p.m. (0415 GMT).
Following the incident, Vice Foreign Minister Masataka Okano summoned acting Chinese ambassador Shi Yong and lodged a solemn protest over the incursion and strongly urged China to prevent a recurrence, according to the Foreign Ministry. (end)
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