Japan has demanded China to stop flying its fighter jets abnormally close to Japanese intelligence-gathering aircraft, which it stated was occurring repeatedly and will trigger a collision.
Japan’s Defence Ministry stated a Chinese JH-7 fighter-bomber flew as close to 30 metres (98 ft) to a YS-11EB electronic-intelligence aircraft of the Japan Air Self-Defence Force on Wednesday (July 9, 2025) and Thursday (July 10, 2025). The Ministry stated it occurred outdoors Japanese airspace over the East China Sea and brought on no injury to the Japanese aspect.
China had no fast touch upon the most recent incident.
Previously, Beijing has alleged Japan flew close to its aircraft and was spying on China’s peculiar military exercise and demanded Japan stop its actions.
Japan is anxious about China’s acceleration of its military buildup, particularly in Japan’s southwestern areas.
Japan’s Foreign Ministry stated in a press release late on Thursday that its Vice Minister Takehiro Funakoshi expressed “serious concern” to Chinese Ambassador to Japan Wu Jianghao and strongly requested Beijing to stop the exercise that would “provoke accidental collisions” and strongly urged China to be sure that related actions aren’t repeated.
The nations traded accusations over related close encounters final month. Japan stated a Chinese fight aircraft flew extraordinarily close to Japanese navy P-3C surveillance aircraft over the Pacific Ocean, the place two Chinese aircraft carriers have been seen working collectively for the primary time.
