China says Japan 'stole' isles in verbal war at U.N.
Local Japanese News In English
China accused Japan on Thursday of stealing a cluster of islands in the East China Sea and "grossly" violating Chinese sovereignty in the process, as part of verbal war that top officials from both countries engaged in at a U.N. session. (Mainichi)
Source: News On Japan
Tension between China, Japan escalates
Japan scrambled fighter jets after a Chinese government plane entered for the first time what Japan considers its airspace over disputed islets in the East China Sea, escalating tension between Asia's two biggest economies. Ref. Source 2
Japan scrambles jets against China military planes
Local Japanese News In English
Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday to head off a number of Chinese military planes near islands at the centre of a territorial dispute, Japanese media said. (Channel NewsAsia)
Source: News On Japan
Japan scrambles military jets "To counter" Chinese planes:
One Y-8 information gathering plane and two H-6 bombers flew over the East China Sea, travelling in international airspace between southern Japanese islands and went to the Pacific Ocean before returning towards China on the same route Sunday morning, according to a spokesman at the Joint Staff of the Ministry of Defence. Ref. Source 7
" Japan Must Respect of other Countries to Hold Joint Military Exercises ":
Japan must respect the right of other countries to hold joint military-naval exercises and stop trying to interfere in the Russian-Chinese naval drills, the Chinese Defense Ministry said in a statement. Ref. Source 1
Abe Makes Symbolic Offering To Yasukuni Likely To Forgo Autumn Festival Visit
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Intent on holding his first summit with his Chinese counterpart in November, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will apparently not visit the war-related Yasukuni Shrine during the autumn festival. (Asahi)
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