Japan has warned that it will “decisively protect” its territory in the face of an increasing joint air patrol by Chinese and Russian warplanes that sparked severe security concerns, a government official said on Thursday.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said that Japan had conveyed its concerns to China and Russia via diplomatic channels regarding their warplane activities near Japan’s territory.
“We will closely monitor the increasing cooperation between the two countries with a sense of concern,” Matsuno said at a press briefing.
Japan’s Defense Ministry earlier reported that two Chinese H-6 bombers and two Russian Tu-95 bombers were spotted flying together from the Sea of Japan to the East China Sea through the Pacific on Wednesday, prompting its military to scramble fighter jets in response….