Chinese missiles believed to have landed in Japan’s unique financial zone: Minister

This comes at a time when China is conducting elaborate army drills in response to US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan go to.

Nine missiles had been fired by China, Japan has stated (Representational)

HIGHLIGHTSFive of the 9 ballistic missiles believed to have landed inside EEZ: Japan ministerThis “affects our national security and safety of our citizens”, he statedJapan had “lodged a protest with China through diplomatic channels”, he added

Ballistic missiles fired by China are believed to have landed in Japan’s unique financial zone (EEZ) for the primary time, Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi stated Thursday. This comes at a time when China is conducting elaborate army drills in response to US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan go to.

Parts of Japan’s southernmost island area, Okinawa, are near Taiwan.

“Five of the nine ballistic missiles launched by China are believed to have landed within Japan’s EEZ,” Kishi advised reporters as China holds large army drills within the waters round Taiwan. The determine of 9 missiles fired was an evaluation by the Japanese aspect, Kishi stated.

Japan had “lodged a protest with China through diplomatic channels”, Kishi stated, calling the matter “a serious problem that affects our national security and the safety of our citizens”.

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The EEZ extends as much as 200 nautical miles from Japan’s shoreline, past the bounds of its territorial waters.

Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan go to brought on China to ship in warfare planes for fight take-offs from totally different airports and conduct missions in several air areas in blatant show of their may.

The elevated army exercise round Taiwan can also be being seen as a tactic to intimidate the island nation.

Earlier, when Washington introduced Pelosi’s Taiwan journey, China put its army on excessive alert and vowed a collection of ‘focused army actions’ as countermeasures to Pelosi’s go to.

“The United States constantly distorts, obscures and hollows out the ‘One China’ principle. These moves, like playing with fire, are extremely dangerous. Those who play with fire will perish by it,” the Chinese international ministry had warned the US in a press release.

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(With enter from AFP)

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