According to a Japanese report, two presumably Chinese drones flew over the waters between Taiwan and Japan's westernmost island on Saturday afternoon.
Japanese fighter jets were scrambled on Saturday as two drones—presumed to be Chinese—were recorded circumnavigating the self-ruled island of Taiwan via a strategic waterway for the first time.Tokyo's Defense Ministry reported the movement of the drones and a Chinese Y-9 intelligence gathering plane within Japan's air defense identification zone , an area of international airspace where tracking and identification of aircraft is required for national security purposes.
It has also increased military activity near the island, which Japan and the United States have repeatedly raised concerns about.The Chinese Y-9 plane circled the waters east of Taiwan and south of Yonaguni after taking off from eastern China, transiting the Miyako Strait twice near Taiwan.The strait lies between the two southwestern Japanese islands of Miyako and Okinawa.
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