Japan scrambles jet fighters in record numbers as Chinese military activity rises (Reuters)

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Japan scrambles jet fighters in record numbers as Chinese military activity rises
Reuters
    Nobuhiro Kubo and Tim Kelly, Reuters

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's air force scrambled fighter jets to chase away foreign aircraft at record pace in the year to March 31, government figures showed on Thursday, as Chinese military activity in and around the East China Sea escalated.

Japanese fighters scrambled 1,168 times over the 12-month period compared with 873 times last year, according to a media release from the Japanese Air Self Defence Force. That was also well above the previous high of 944 incidents in 1984.

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