TOKYO/TAIPEI: A Chinese aircraft carrier temporarily entered Japan's contiguous waters for the first time on Wednesday, Japan's public broadcaster NHK...

A Chinese aircraft carrier entered Japan's contiguous waters for the first time on Wednesday, Japan's defense ministry said, the latest in a string of military maneuvers that has ratcheted up tensions between the neighbors. The carrier, accompanied by two destroyers, sailed between Japan's southern Yonaguni and Iriomote islands, entering an…

TOKYO: A Chinese aircraft carrier entered Japan's contiguous waters for the first time on Wednesday (Sep 18), Japan's defence ministry said, the latest in a string of military manoeuvres that has ratcheted up tensions between the neighbours. The carrier, accompanied by two destroyers, sailed between Japan'

The carrier, accompanied by two destroyers, sailed between Japan's southern Yonaguni and Iriomote islands

A Chinese aircraft carrier entered an area near Japan's shores for the first time on Wednesday, leading Tokyo to convey its “serious concerns” to Beijing over China’s increasingly assertive military actions around Japan, officials said.