Chinese Military Plane Breaches Japanese Airspace A Chinese military surveillance aircraft recently entered Japanese airspace near Nagasaki Prefecture, marking the first confirmed incursion by China's military into Japan's territorial airspace. Japan's Self-Defense Force responded by putting fighter jets on high alert and issuing a warning to the Chinese aircraft. This incident comes amid increasing foreign aircraft encroachments in Japan, with last year seeing a significant rise in the number of responses by Japan's Self-Defense Force to foreign planes. The breach occurred just before a scheduled visit by the White House national security adviser to Beijing, where discussions on contentious issues such as Taiwan and U.S. export controls to China are expected. Analysts believe that this airspace violation may be a deliberate challenge by China to Japan's territorial border delineation, particularly in the East China Sea area. The incident adds to recent tensions between Japan and China, including a Chinese newscaster's assertion of Chinese ownership of the disputed Senkaku Islands and graffiti found at a war-commemoration site in Tokyo. Japanese officials have summoned Chinese Embassy representatives and urged them to prevent future airspace incursions. This latest event underscores the ongoing tensions between Japan and China.