Japan Summons China Ambassador Over Plane Incident

Japan has summoned China's ambassador in Tokyo to protest an incident in which two Chinese fighter jets flew "dangerously close" to a pair of Japanese surveillance planes in the East China Sea. Tokyo's Defense Ministry said the Chinese jets came within 30 meters of the Japanese aircraft Wednesday in airspace claimed by both nations. It was the second such incident in less than three weeks. Japan's vice foreign minister, Akitaka Saiki, said Tokyo "denounced...

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