Japanese Defence Minister, US counterpart discuss China radar incident, patrol of Chinese and Russian bombers
Tokyo, Dec 12 (IANS) Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Friday that he and his US counterpart, Pete Hegseth, held a telephonic conversation and shared concern over rising tensions in the region following recent radar lock-on incident involving Japanese and Chinese fighter jets and a joint patrol of Chinese and Russian bombers near Japan, local media reported.