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Article: Japanese fighter jets scrambled 30 times to turn away Chinese planes in last 7 months
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- November 9, 2005
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CHISAKI WATANABE, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
11-09-2005
Dateline: TOKYO
Japanese fighter jets have been scrambled 30 times to turn away Chinese planes approaching Japan's airspace in the last seven months, more than twice the 13 times in the same period last year, officials said Wednesday.
The increased defensive posture reflects the growing tensions between Japan and China, which are squabbling over interpretations of their wartime past, undersea gas deposits, and ownership of East China Sea islands.
An Air Self Defense Force spokesman said Japan's fighter jets had scrambled 30 times in response to what were believed to be Chinese military planes in the seven months from April to ...