Japan scrambled fighter jets Thursday after a Chinese government aircraft entered its airspace in an escalation of an already tense situation surrounding a disputed island chain. Six F-15s took off from the main island of Okinawa Prefecture after the surveillance aircraft, belonging to the Chinese Oceanic Administration, was seen close to Uotsuri Island at 11: 06 a.m. The Senkaku islands, as they are known in Japan, are presently controlled by Tokyo but are claimed by both China, which marks them on its maps as the Diaoyu islets, and Taiwan.

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