00:00Tokyo has summoned Beijing's ambassador after Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto
00:07Japanese jets. The latest incident in the row ignited after Prime Minister Sanae Takechi's
00:14comments backing Taiwan. Takechi suggested last month that Japan would intervene militarily
00:20in any Chinese attack on the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own and which it
00:27has not ruled out seizing by force. J-15 jets from China's Liaoning aircraft carrier on Saturday
00:34twice locked radar on Japanese aircraft in international waters near Okinawa, according
00:41to Japan. No damage or injury was caused, but it was the first time that Japan had disclosed
00:47such an incident. Fighter jets used their radar for fire control to identify targets as well
00:54as for search and rescue operations. Japan had scrambled its F-15 jets because it was worried
01:00about possible airspace violations, chief government spokesman Minoru Kihara said Monday. China's
01:08navy said Sunday that the Japanese planes repeatedly approached the Chinese navy's training area
01:14and caused trouble, seriously affecting the normal training of the Chinese side and seriously
01:20endangering flight safety. A statement said that Tokyo's claim was completely inconsistent with
01:27the facts and told Japan to immediately stop slandering and smearing. Kihara responded on Monday
01:34that China's claim that the self-defense force's aircraft seriously obstructed the safe flight
01:40of Chinese aircraft is unfounded. Vice Foreign Minister Takahiro Funakoshi summoned Ambassador
01:47Wu Jianghao on Sunday and made a strong protest that such dangerous acts are extremely regrettable.
01:55Funakoshi strongly urged the government of China to ensure that similar actions do not recur,
02:01the Japanese foreign ministry said late Sunday. Takechi said the same day that Japan would
02:07respond calmly and resolutely. Beijing's foreign ministry said it rejected that protest,
02:14and had lodged its own counter-protest, according to state news agency Xinhua.
02:20The comments on November 7th about Taiwan by Takechi, seen before she became premier in October
02:27as a China hawk, have enraged Beijing. China has urged its citizens to avoid Japan,
02:34they are the biggest source of tourists, and cultural events involving Japanese performers
02:39and movies have been hit. Last week, Japanese and Chinese vessels engaged in a fresh standoff
02:46around disputed islands administered by Japan in the East China Sea that have long been a flashpoint.
02:53Aside from reportedly renewing a ban on Japanese seafood imports, China has however so far stopped
03:00short of imposing more serious economic measures, such as curbing exports of rare earth metals.
03:06But the Yomiri Shimbun Daily reported on Sunday that China's export permit procedures for rare earths,
03:14key ingredients for smartphones and electric vehicles, to Japanese companies were taking longer than usual.
03:21Kihara told reporters that there have been no significant changes, adding however that
03:27China's existing control measures were having a serious impact on the global supply chain.
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