Japan scrambles jets after China aircraft 'violates' airspace

Japan scrambled fighter jets after a Chinese military aircraft "violated" Japanese airspace, the defense ministry said on Monday.

A Chinese aircraft was "confirmed to have violated the territorial airspace of the Danjo Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture from around 11:29 am to 11:31 am," the ministry said in a statement, adding it had launched "fighter jets on an emergency basis."

AFP