Japan Rebuts China's Radar Lock Accusation
Koizumi's response follows contradictory accounts from both nations regarding the recent fighter jet incidents.
On Saturday, the Japanese Defense Ministry reported that Chinese J-15 aircraft operating from the carrier Liaoning locked radar onto two ASDF F-15 jets over international waters southeast of Okinawa's main island.
On Sunday, the Chinese navy countered without acknowledging any radar lock, claiming that Japanese aircraft "repeatedly approached and disrupted" the Chinese naval training maritime area and airspace and "seriously endangered flight safety."
The incident unfolds against heightened friction between China and Japan sparked by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Nov. 7 statement that a Chinese assault on Taiwan could legally represent a "survival-threatening situation," potentially permitting Japan to "exercise the right of collective self-defense."
China condemned the statement forcefully, warned tourists against visiting Japan, halted seafood imports and cancelled a trilateral culture ministers' gathering with Japan and South Korea.
Taiwan remains claimed by Beijing and sits close to Japan's Yonaguni Island.
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