Japan scrambles fighter planes as 4 Chinese planes fly near Okinawa

TOKYO, Oct. 25, Kyodo

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force fighter planes were scrambled Friday to respond to four Chinese military aircraft flying over international waters between Okinawa's main island and Miyako Island, the Defense Ministry said.

It was the largest number of Chinese aircraft on one day flying the route from the East China Sea to the Pacific Ocean, the ministry said.

The four Chinese planes -- two Y8 early-warning aircraft and two H6 bombers -- did not violate Japan's airspace, it said.

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