Japan denies Chinese claim of dangerous fighter-jet conduct
TOKYO — Japan protested to China on Monday about what it says are groundless accusations that Japanese fighter jets had fired “jamming shells” as six Chinese military planes flew over waters between Japan’s southern Okinawa and Miyako islands.
“It is extremely regrettable that the Chinese military is making announcements that are clearly factually wrong,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters. “It also hurts the effort to improve our relations, so we lodged a strong protest.”
Japan scrambled fighters on Saturday as Chinese planes flew over the Miyako Strait.