TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan scrambled fighter jets a record number of times between April and June amid increased activity of Russian and Chinese aircraft, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday, and as tension in the East China Sea remains high.
Japan has been locked in a bitter territorial dispute with China over a group of tiny East China Sea islets, while neighbouring North Korea has conducted missile tests and threatened a fourth nuclear test.
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