According to Japan’s Defense Ministry, the Liaoning and the Shandong were spotted conducting nearly simultaneous operations near Iwo Jima, roughly 1,200 kilometers south of Tokyo.

Beijing condemned on Thursday what it called "dangerous behaviour" by a Japanese military plane over the Pacific after Tokyo said Chinese fighter jets flew unusually close to its aircraft at the weekend.

Beijing urges Tokyo to ‘cease such dangerous behavior,' a day after Japan said a Chinese jet had a ‘near miss' flight engagement with a Japanese military patrol plane

A highly visible missile base on Okinawa is part of a Japanese defense buildup made amid fears of Beijing’s growing power and questions about U.S. commitment.

China, Mexico, the European Union, Japan, Canada and many airlines and aerospace companies worldwide urged the Trump administration not to impose new national security tariffs on imported commercial planes and parts,

Japan and China blamed each other on Thursday after Tokyo raised concern that a Chinese fighter jet came dangerously close to Japanese reconnaissance planes.