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Japan's Defense Ministry said a Chinese JH-7 fighter-bomber flew
as close to 30 meters (98 feet) to a YS-11EB
electronic-intelligence aircraft of the Japan Air Self-Defense
Force on Wednesday and Thursday. The ministry said it occurred
outside Japanese airspace over the East China Sea and caused no
damage to the Japanese side.
China had no immediate comment on the latest incident.
Previously, Beijing has alleged Japan flew close to its aircraft
and was spying on China’s ordinary military activity and
demanded Japan stop its actions.
Japan is concerned about China's acceleration of its military
buildup, especially in Japan's southwestern areas.
Japan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement late Thursday that
its vice minister Takehiro Funakoshi expressed “serious concern”
to Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wu Jianghao and strongly
requested Beijing to stop the activity that could “provoke
accidental collisions” and strongly urged China to ensure that
similar actions are not repeated.
The countries traded accusations over similar close encounters
last month. Japan said a Chinese combat aircraft flew extremely
close to Japanese navy P-3C surveillance aircraft over the
Pacific Ocean, where two Chinese aircraft carrier s were seen
operating together for the first time.
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