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Friday, December 14, 2012

China dares Japan on archipelago

Mitsubishi F-15J |A Chinese aircraft flew over the Senkaku Islands on Thursday, stepping up Beijing’s efforts to challenge Japanese control of the disputed archipelago.

Japan scrambled fighter jets from nearby Okinawa after a Chinese state aircraft flew over the territorial airspace of the islands, which China calls the Diaoyu. Japan’s defence ministry said the incident was the first violation of Japanese airspace by a Chinese official aircraft since at least 1958.

"It is extremely deplorable," said Osamu Fujimura, Japan’s chief government spokesman.

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