China rebukes Japan after both sides' planes fly near islands
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In this Sep 2, 2012, file photo, the survey ship Koyo Maru (left), chartered by Tokyo Metropolitan Government officials, sails around Minamikojima (foreground), Kitakojima (middle right), and Uotsuri (bacground), the tiny islands in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. China criticised Japan on Friday, Jan 11, 2013, for "creating tension", a day after China's air force scrambled two fighters in response to a flight by Japanese jets, the latest incident between the countries following months of tension over disputed islands. -- PHOTO: AP
BEIJING (REUTERS) - China criticised Japan on Friday for "creating tension", a day after China's air force scrambled two fighters in response to a flight by Japanese jets, the latest incident between the countries following months of tension over disputed islands.
China scrambled two J-10 fighters on Thursday over the East China Sea after two Japanese F-15s followed a Chinese military plane "on routine patrol", the Chinese Defence Ministry said in a statement on its website.
The Chinese Y-8 was flying over East China Sea oil and gas fields east of Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, when it was followed at close range by the Japanese planes, the ministry said.
A third Japanese surveillance plane was flying nearby, it said.
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