Japan, S Korea defy Chinese air defence zone

November 28, 2013 04:25 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 10:30 pm IST - Tokyo/Seoul

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, delivers a speech during a welcome luncheon hosted by the America-Japan Society and the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013.  The new US Ambassador to Japan Kennedy, on Wednesday said China's assertion of a new air defence zone "only serves to increase tensions" in the region. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, Pool)

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, delivers a speech during a welcome luncheon hosted by the America-Japan Society and the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. The new US Ambassador to Japan Kennedy, on Wednesday said China's assertion of a new air defence zone "only serves to increase tensions" in the region. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, Pool)

Japanese and South Korean military aircraft have defied China’s air defence identification zone declared at the weekend, their governments said Thursday.

Japan said aircraft of its Self-Defense Force flew a patrol through the zone this week.

“We are conducting our surveillance activities as usual in the East China Sea, including the airspace concerned,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters, adding “we haven’t detected any signs,” of a response from China.

The South Korean air force flew through the zone this week on a routine manoeuvre, military sources were quoted by Yonhap News Agency as saying. China said it had monitored the flight.

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