SHIP SIGHTING A fighter plane takes off from the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong in Pacific Ocean waters, south of Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan on Sunday, April 9, 2023. JAPANESE DEFENSE MINISTRY HANDOUT PHOTO VIA AFP
SHIP SIGHTING A fighter plane takes off from the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong in Pacific Ocean waters, south of Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan on Sunday, April 9, 2023. JAPANESE DEFENSE MINISTRY HANDOUT PHOTO VIA AFP

TOKYO: Japan said on Monday it had scrambled jets in recent days as Chinese fighter planes landed and took off from an aircraft carrier deployed near southern Japan and Taiwan.

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