Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on November 25. JIJI Press/AFP/Getty Images/File Tokyo AP — Japan said Monday that Chinese military aircraft locked radar on its fighter jets even though there was a safe distance between them, denyi»»»

TOKYO, Dec 8, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Tokyo has summoned Beijing's ambassador after Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japanese jets, the latest incident in the row ignited after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments backing Taiwan. Takaichi suggested last month that Japan would intervene mili»»»

TOKYO – A Chinese carrier strike group sailing close to Japan kept up intense air operations on Dec 7 as it sailed into the Pacific Ocean east of the Okinawa Islands, Japan’s Self-Defence Forces (SDF) said on Dec 8. The naval drills came amid growing tension between the East Asian neighbours and tr»»»

BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- China sternly urges Japan to immediately stop its slanderous and defamatory acts and strictly discipline its front-line operations regarding China's Liaoning aircraft carrier formation, which recently conducted normal flight training for carrier-based fighter jets in the»»»

Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, center, speaks to the media, as Japan announced that a Chinese military aircraft locked its radar on Japanese jets, at the ministry in Tokyo, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) FILE -The Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, sails into Hong Kong»»»