Tokyo: Japan on Monday rejected China’s claim that interference by its Self-Defence Forces (SDF) fighter jets during Chinese naval training led to radars being locked on the aircraft.

Addressing media in Tokyo, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said that the Air Self-Defence Force jets had kept a “safe distance” from the Chinese military aircraft off Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Saturday, Japan-based Kyodo News reported.

Kihara termed the communication between Chinese and Japanese authorities “extremely important” despite China’s retaliatory measures over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s earlier remarks on how Japan could react if Taiwan faces an attack. Takaichi remarked in November that Tokyo could get involved if Taiwan faces an attack from China,

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