Tokyo
said two Russian Su-37 fighters entered Japanese air space off the
northern tip of Hokkaido Island for just over a minute on Thursday,
prompting Japanese air force jets to scramble and fly alongside the two
Russian planes.
Russia
denied any border violation, but Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said
on Friday that Tokyo will deal with the incident “strictly, within the
bounds of international law.”
The
alleged intrusion happened when Japan was observing “Northern
Territories Day,” when it holds annual rallies urging Russia to return a
series of islands off eastern Hokkaido captured at the end of World War
II.
The
islands, called the Southern Kurils in Russia, are 400 kilometers (250
miles) southeast of where the alleged intrusion took place.
Meanwhile,
China’s Defence Ministry issued a statement denying Japanese claims
that Chinese naval vessels had locked their radar on to a Japanese
destroyer and helicopter in two instances last month in the East China
Sea.
The
countries are embroiled in a territorial spat over a cluster of tiny,
uninhabited islands, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese,
in the vicinity that are controlled by Japan but also claimed by China
and Taiwan.
“The
Japanese so-called claims that the Chinese navy locked on to Japanese
ships and aircraft with fire control radar are not factual,” the Chinese
statement said.
It
also accused Japan of repeatedly fabricating reports to smear China
over the normal training actions of its military and building China up
into an international threat.
“The
Chinese side wishes that the Japanese side take practical actions,
cease creating a tense atmosphere in the East China Sea, and refrain
from issuing irresponsible statements,” it said.
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida rejected Beijing’s denial as “completely unacceptable.” |
Friday, February 8, 2013
Itsunori Onodera:Chinese naval vessels locked our weapons-targeting radar
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