Tokyo summons its Beijing ambassador against the backdrop of Japanese fighter planes being exposed to a Chinese threat

Announced Japanese Prime Minister on Taiwan.

Sanae Takaichi warned last month that Japan might intervene militarily if China attacks Taiwan, the self-governing island that Beijing claims belongs to it and does not rule out seizing it by force, which angered Chinese officials.

Japan said that Chinese J-15 warplanes belonging to the Liaoning aircraft carrier twice closed their radars on Japanese fighters over international waters near the island of Okinawa on Saturday, without causing any damage.

Closing the radar is a feature that allows the fighter plane to identify a specific target, place it in its crosshairs, and track it continuously and automatically.
The Chinese Navy considered Tokyo’s claim to be false. "Completely contrary to the facts"And I asked her "Immediately stop defamation and defamation"

Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Takehiro Funakoshi summoned the Chinese ambassador to Tokyo, Wu Jianghao, on Sunday and presented to him "Strong protest" for these dangerous and unfortunate actions, asking him for a guarantee "Do not repeat it".

Takaichi had stated on Sunday that Japan "You will respond calmly and firmly"indicating that its forces "It closely monitors the movements of the Chinese military in the sea and airspace surrounding our country"

The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced that it rejected the Japanese protest and filed a counter-protest, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
The agency quoted a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying that Japan must immediately stop its movements. "In harassing China’s regular military exercises"

Last week, there was new friction between Japanese and Chinese ships near disputed islands administered by Japan in the East China Sea.
With the exception of renewing the ban on imports of Japanese seafood, China has so far refrained from imposing more serious economic measures on Japan except urging its citizens not to travel there.

But the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reported on Sunday that the procedures for Japanese companies to obtain Chinese export permits for rare earths, the main components For smartphones and electric cars, it takes longer than usual.