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Japan’s F-15 fighter jets conduct an air exercise with US Air Force bombers flying from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in the skies above the East China Sea, Japan. (Reuters)
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Two Chinese SU-30 aircraft carried out what the US military described as an unprofessional intercept of a US aircraft over the East China Sea. (Reuters)
US Accuses Beijing of ‘Unprofessionally’ Intercepting Plane over East China Sea
Two Chinese jets intercepted an American radiation-sniffing surveillance plane that was flying over the East China Sea, drawing Washington’s ire that accused Beijing of “unprofessional” behavior. A pair of Chinese fighter jets conducted an “unprofessional”...Caption:
A Japanese Air Self Defense Force F-15 fighter scrambles at the Air Self Defense Force Naha base in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo. (Reuters)
Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets at Record Pace as China Tensions Simmer
The Japanese air force has sent fighter jets after foreign aircraft at a record pace in the past year to March 31 revealed government figures amid growing tensions with Beijing over disputed islands in the Easy China Sea and western Pacific. Japan worries that...Caption:
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) greets visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before their meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China, 14 February 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Beijing as part of his four-nation Asia trip hoping to ease tensions in the region. (Photo: Diego Azubel / EPA POOL)
US, China see eye-to-eye on N. Korea, not on maritime disputes
Beijing, AP—US Secretary of State John Kerry ended meetings with Chinese leadership Friday with a “profound sense of optimism,” saying the two countries see eye-to-eye on need for further pressure on North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. The Chinese...Caption:
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd R) delivers the opening speech at the Japan-Mekong Summit Meeting, a part of Japan-ASEAN Commemorative Summit as (L-R) Thai Deputy Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan, Myanmar’s President Thein Sein, Laos’s Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung listen at Akasaka State Guesthouse in Tokyo on December 14, 2013 (AFP PHOTO / POOL / KIMIMASA MAYAMA)