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Protest regarding the Intrusion of a Chinese Military Reconnaissance Plane into Japan’s Territorial Airspace

August 27, 2024
Japanese
  1. It has been confirmed that on August 26, beginning at 11:29am, a Chinese military reconnaissance plane (Y-9) intruded into Japan’s territorial airspace, for approximately two minutes, above the Danjo-gunto Islands of Nagasaki prefecture.
  2. Following this incident, from 5:20pm on the same day, Mr. OKANO Masataka, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, summoned Mr. Shi Yong, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of Embassy of the People’s Republic of China and issued a very severe protest concerning the incident, strongly urging the Government of China to ensure that similar acts do not recur.
  3. Mr. Shi responded by stating that he would report to his government.

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