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Monday, January 07, 2013

Japan scrambles eight fighter jets to intercept Chinese plane near Diaoyus

Harbin Y-12 |Japan scrambled fighter jets on Saturday to head off a Chinese state-owned plane that flew near the disputed Diaoyu islands, which Japan calls the Senkakus, a Japanese Defence Ministry spokesman said.

Japanese jets were mobilised after a Chinese maritime aircraft ventured 120 kilometres north of islands at about noon, the spokesman said.

The Chinese Y-12 twin-turboprop later left the zone without entering Japanese airspace, he added.

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