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Chinese military aircraft near Japan on routine training, says ministry

: Jul 31, 2013 - : 3:42 am

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A Chinese military aircraft that flew through international airspace near Japan’s southern islands, prompting Japan to scramble fighter jets, was on a routine training mission, China’s state media reported on Thursday, July 25, 2013.

Japan’s Defense Ministry said a Chinese Y-8 airborne early warning plane flew through airspace between Okinawa prefecture’s main island and the smaller Miyakoisland in southern Japan out over the Pacific at around noon on Wednesday and later took the same route back over the East China Sea.

Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said the aircraft was on a planned training flight over the Pacific, the official China News Service reported.

“This was not aimed at any specific country or had any specific aim, and was in accordance with international law and practice,” Geng was quoted as telling Chinese reporters.

“China has the legal right to freedom of flight over the relevant seas,” he said.

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