Onodera on China

Onodera on China

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera speaks with reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 30, 2013. Onodera denied China's claim that it had scrambled fighters in response to flights by Japanese and U.S. military aircraft in its new air defense identification zone above the East China Sea.

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