Japan summons China envoy over radar denial
- Published: 7 Feb 2013 at 16.44
- Online news: Asia
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday demanded Beijing apologise and admit that a Chinese frigate got a radar lock on a Japanese destroyer in international waters, a report said.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers questions during a parliamentary session at the National Diet in Tokyo, on January 31, 2013. Abe has demanded Beijing apologise and admit that a Chinese frigate got a radar lock on a Japanese destroyer in international waters, according to local media reports.
His demand came after Beijing flatly denied Tokyo's accusation, in the latest flare-up of a row between China and Japan over disputed islands in the East China Sea.
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