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![Japan Confirms Chinese Military Drone Flew off the Japanese Coast Japan Confirms Chinese Military Drone Flew off the Japanese Coast](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-06-05-131128.jpg)
Japan Confirms Chinese Military Drone Flew off the Japanese Coast
By Takahashi Kosuke
For the first time, Japan’s Defense Ministry confirmed that a Chinese military reconnaissance and attack drone had flown off the coast of Amami Oshima, Kagoshima.
![Japan Says Aircraft Scrambles Are Down – But Responses to Drones and UFOs Are Up Japan Says Aircraft Scrambles Are Down – But Responses to Drones and UFOs Are Up](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-03-07-203506.jpg)
Japan Says Aircraft Scrambles Are Down – But Responses to Drones and UFOs Are Up
By Takahashi Kosuke
Japan scrambled fighter aircraft 778 times in FY2022, nearly three-quarters of those coming against Chinese planes.
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