Japanese F-15 jets flanked by Liaoning-based Chinese J-15s experienced radar locking December 6, sparking strong protests from Tokyo as tensions surge post-Takaichi Taiwan remarks. Japan says no airspace violations,

A Chinese carrier strike group sailing close to Japan kept up intense air operations on Sunday as it sailed into the Pacific Ocean east of the Okinawa Islands, Japan's Self-Defense Forces said Monday.

Japan protests China after fighter jets twice locked radar on SDF aircraft amid major carrier drills, escalating regional tension near Okinawa.

Chinese J-15 fighter jets twice locked radar targets on Japanese F-15 fighters over the weekend while Japan monitored the People’s Liberation Army Navy aircraft carrier CNS Liaoning (16) operating in the Philippine Sea.

Japan's Defense Ministry says Chinese military aircraft took off from and landed on an aircraft carrier in waters between Okinawa's main island and the Daito Islands in southwestern Japan. The ministry says this is the first time such activities have been confirmed in the area.

The Japanese defense ministry on Saturday reportedly claimed spotting the aircraft carrier Liaoning of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy near Japan. A Chinese military affairs expert said that Chinese aircraft carriers’ far seas exercises in the Pacific Ocean have become routine,