Japan scrambles jets as Chinese plane flies over disputed isles

[CoDer]

Japan scrambles jets as Chinese plane flies over disputed isles - Yahoo! News

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after a Chinese government plane entered what Japan considers its airspace over disputed islets in the East China Sea, escalating tension between Asia's two biggest economies.

Japan protested to China over the incident but China brushed the complaint off saying the flight by the Chinese aircraft was "completely normal".
Sino-Japanese relations took a tumble in September after Japan bought the tiny islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, from a private Japanese owner.

Patrol ships from the two countries have been shadowing each other since then in a standoff that has raised concern that a collision could escalate into a clash. Thursday's incident was the first time both sides used aircraft in the dispute.
"Despite our repeated warnings, Chinese government ships have entered our territorial waters for three days in an row," Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Osama Fujimura told reporters.

"It is extremely regrettable that, on top of that, an intrusion into our airspace has been committed in this way," he said, adding that Japan had formally protested through diplomatic channels.

Japan's military scrambled eight F-15 fighter jets, the Defence Ministry said. Japanese officials later said the Chinese aircraft had left the area.
It was the first time a Chinese aircraft had intruded into Japan's airspace near the disputed islands, Japan's Defence Ministry said.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda later instructed the government to be "all the more on guard", the Kyodo news agency reported.

China is really pushing it. Things will get worse if Shinzo Abe will return to power.

[chua_riwap]

Sinusubukan ang japan...

Tayo kaya.
Ano gagawin natin pag may pumasok sa airspace natin?

[stickers]

Sinusubukan ang japan...

Tayo kaya.
Ano gagawin natin pag may pumasok sa airspace natin?

either sisibatin or tiradurin..

[timrev]

yan na! masusubukan na ang mga jet ng china kaya kaya nila sa ait to air combat?

[Monseratto]

Buti yung Japan may F-15J at F-2A interceptors to shoo the Chinese planes... tayo ano kaya papa-intercept? Si Abe is more nationalist and militarist...

Abe is a proponent of Japanese militarism, including the removal of the so-called pacifist clause of Japan’s post-war constitution and the promotion of Japanese patriotism based on “traditional values”—code words for the glorification of the wartime military regime, its symbols and record.

Abe has already indicated that he would visit the controversial Yasukuni shrine to Japan’s war dead as prime minister, even though such an event could rupture relations with China. During his previous term in office, he made no visit to the shrine, in a bid to patch up relations with Beijing, which had sunk to a low under Koizumi.

In another step that will antagonise China and South Korea, Abe has indicated that he might seek to nullify the limited apologies issued by previous Japanese governments for wartime atrocities carried out in the 1930s and 1940s. He also promised to strengthen defence cooperation with the United States by taking a more active military role.

During his year as prime minister, Abe changed the country’s education law to foster “love for the nation” and to whitewash the country’s wartime history. He denied that Asian women had been forced to act as *** slaves for Japanese soldiers during the war. Abe also stridently backed the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

[chua_riwap]

Buti yung Japan may F-15J at F-2A interceptors to shoo the Chinese planes... tayo ano kaya papa-intercept?

eto.........

[razrzxcvbnm]

Pang museum na lang ata yan.

[CVT]

Walandyo,- pupugak-pugak ang mga iyan... :hysterical:

17.6K:santa:

[CoDer]

eto.........

Mas effective pa yung mga mag kukulam sa siquijor kesa mga yan. :hysterical:

[chrismarte]

talagang nanunubok ang mga chinese.

yung mga manananggal yun ang pang intercept natin. :bwahaha: