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Japan scrambles jets after China aircraft 'violates' airspace

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2024-08-26 | 04:32

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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."

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