Japan concerned about Chinese military activity

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Tokyo expressed unease on July 25 over Chinese military and maritime activity near disputed islands that Japan controls, as China defended a flight by one of its fighter jets near Japanese airspace.

Japan had scrambled fighter jets on July 24 to keep watch on a Chinese early warning plane flying over international waters between Japan's southern Okinawa Island and an outer island relatively close to the disputed area in the East China Sea.

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The Chinese Defense Ministry issued a statement defending the right of its aircraft to operate in the area.

The training flight was a "scheduled annual arrangement that was not directed at any specific countries or targets and was in accordance with relevant international law and practice," China's official Global Times newspaper quoted an unidentified ministry spokesman as saying.

Around the same time the Chinese fighter jet was sighted, Japan's coast guard reported the appearance of four Chinese coast guard vessels near the disputed islands, for the first time since Beijing revamped the service to improve its ability to enforce its maritime claims.

Japan's coast guard said the four Chinese craft were seen early on July 24 just outside Japanese territorial waters around the tiny uninhabited islands called Diaoyu by China and Senkaku by Japan.

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Tokyo is considering introducing drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, like the Global Hawk used by the U.S. military, and beefing up the role of self-defense troops in southwestern Japan to improve its defenses against China's increased activity, Japanese media reported on July 25.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201307250086

[GandD 5,966]

Oppressive government activity got you down? Don't worry about that, worry about the Japanese.

[Jacque67 7,328]

As if China dousnt have enough land already.

[Dan and Judy 614]

Hey, we're not going to bail China out like we did last time.