Editorial

16:39 JST, December 8, 2025

This act by the Chinese Navy could lead to unforeseen events and is extremely dangerous.

China has been increasing its pressure on Japan following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remark during Diet deliberations about a potential Taiwan contingency. However, the latest move can be said to have raised the level of provocation from an information war to military intimidation.

According to the Defense Ministry, fighter aircraft that took off from the Chinese Navy’s Liaoning aircraft carrier directed radar twice at Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jets that were conducting surveillance over international waters in the western Pacific southeast of Okinawa Island.

Generally speaking, fighter jets directing radar at targets is an act second to the use of weapons. Directing........

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