Japan says China's increasingly aggressive air force breached its airspace for the first time ever

Tue, 08/27/2024 - 07:12

A soldier from the Japan Air Self-Defence Force stands in front of a PAC-3 surface-to-air missile launch system. — A PAC-3 surface-to-air missile launch system at the Yokota Air Base, west of Tokyo. Japan claims China violated its territorial airspace for the first time.
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Japan says a Chinese surveillance plane violated its airspace on Monday.
It's the first recorded incursion by China into Japan's airspace.
Tensions are increasing between China and US allies in East Asia.

Japan on Monday said that a Chinese military plane violated its territorial airspace for the first time.

The Japanese government said a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance plane had flown over the Danjo islands, west of the island of Kyushu, for around two minutes.