Japan is threatening China militarily which is "completely unacceptable", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his German counterpart, after Japan said that Chinese fighter jets had aimed their radar at Japanese military aircraft.

As relations with China continue to deteriorate, Japan is embarking on its biggest military buildup in at least four decades.

Japan’s cabinet approved a Fiscal Year 2025 supplementary budget that is poised to put the country on track to dedicate upwards of two percent of its GDP to defense. The supplementary budget includes an additional $7 billion – or 1.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says Japan has "crossed a red line” with comments by the country's new leader suggesting a potential military intervention over Taiwan

We don’t think it was any coincidence that this happened to Capt. El but that he was targeted because of his race,” his attorney said.

Japan plans to deploy medium-range surface-to-air missiles on Yonaguni – making it a frontline of defence in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan – as part of its broader military build-up across the southern island chain.

Taiwan and Japan voiced concern on Friday over Chinese military activities in the region, after Reuters reported that Beijing had deployed a large number of vessels across East Asian waters this week in its largest maritime show of force to date.

During the Battle of Midway, a crippled U.S. Army B-26 bomber flew so close over Japan’s flagship Akagi that its crew believed it was a suicide attack — years before Japan’s own “kamikaze” missions began.

The Japanese defense ministry on Saturday reportedly claimed spotting the aircraft carrier Liaoning of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy near Japan. A Chinese military affairs expert said that Chinese aircraft carriers’ far seas exercises in the Pacific Ocean have become routine,