Japan says Chinese aeroplane, ships encroach on disputed islands

epa03506674 (FILE) A file picture dated 19 April 2005 shows two Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 aircraft during a refueling training exercise held off the Kyushu island coast, in south Japan. Japan scrambled F-15 jets on 13 December 2012 after a Chinese aeroplane was spotted over a group of islands that is the subject of a territorial dispute with China and Taiwan, the government said. The Chinese Oceanic Administration airplane intruded into Japan’s airspace at 11:06 am (0206 GMT) over the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura told reporters. EPA/HITOSHI MAESHIRO