Japan scrambled two F-15 fighters on May 18 after a drone was spotted near China Coast Guard vessels near Senkaku Islands.
Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada told reporters that the four-minute flight 14 kilometers west-northwest of the Senkakus constitutes airspace incursion.
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