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Chinese military aircrafts’ unusual close approach toward Self-Defense Force aircrafts
July 10, 2025
On July 10, Mr. Funakoshi Takehiro, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, expressed Japan’s serious concerns to Mr. Wu Jianghao, Ambassador of China to Japan, over incidents on July 9 and 10 in which Chinese military aircrafts made unusual close approaches toward Air Self-Defense Force aircrafts conducting surveillance and monitoring operations over the East China Sea. Mr. Funakoshi stressed that these actions could provoke accidental collisions and strongly urged the Government of China to ensure that similar actions do not recur.