Japan suggests hotline to Beijing over island spat
- Published: 9 Feb 2013 at 10.44
- Online news: Asia
Japan has suggested setting up a military hotline with China to avoid clashes between the two countries, which are at loggerheads over a group of disputed islands, Tokyo's defence minister said on Saturday.
Japan's Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera speaks to reporters at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, on February 5, 2013. Onodera on Saturday suggested setting up a military hotline with China to avoid clashes between the two countries, which are at loggerheads over a group of disputed islands.
The proposal came after Tokyo accused a Chinese frigate of locking its weapons-tracking radar on a Japanese destroyer -- a claim Beijing has denied.
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