Japan says China regrets submarine intrusion
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TOKYO -- China expressed regret today over what it called an accidental incursion by one of its submarines into Japanese waters last week, Japan&#39;s foreign minister said, the first time Beijing has acknowledged the submarine was one of its own.
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A nuclear submarine that recently intruded into Japanese waters has been confirmed as belonging to the Chinese Navy. On Friday, the government lodged a strong protest with China over its submarine&#39;s incursion
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TOKYO - China has admitted one of its nuclear submarines entered Japanese waters last week and expressed regret, according to Japanese media.
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Facing strong protests, China broke a week-long silence Tuesday and offered Japan its first explanation about a Chinese submarine that Tokyo said intruded into Japanese territorial waters and refused to signal its identity.
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Japan TOKYO -- Japan lodged a formal protest with Beijing yesterday after determining that a nuclear submarine that entered its territorial waters without identifying itself belonged to China. Japan's navy had been on alert since Wednesday, when the submarine was first spotted off the nation's southern island of Okinawa. Tokyo sent reconnaissance aircraft and naval destroyers to shadow the submarine, ...
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Japan will protest to China after concluding that a nuclear-powered submarine that intruded into its waters earlier this week belonged to the Chinese navy, Japan's top government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said on Friday.
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Japanese government officials Thursday confirmed a Chinese Navy submarine intrusively entered Japanese waters a day earlier. The submarine was discovered early Wednesday
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China has admitted that its submarine  intruded into Japanese waters last week and apologized over the  incident, Japan's top government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda told  a news conference Tuesday.
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China said Thursday it was following news reports that one of its submarines had entered Japanese territorial waters. &quot;We know of certain reports, and are following them&quot; Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said.
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A Japanese trade minister has linked the recent intrusion of a suspected Chinese nuclear submarine into Japanese waters with China's natural gas exploration near islands disputed by the two countries.
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Ruling bloc and opposition lawmakers Thursday criticized the government&#39;s slow response to a mystery submarine that intruded into Japan&#39;s territorial waters the previous day.
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TOKYO  - China offered Japan the apology it demanded for the intrusion of a nuclear submarine in its waters and said the incident would not further sour the Asian powers&#39; relations, Japanese officials revealed.
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JAPAN was on alert yesterday after a suspected Chinese nuclear submarine entered its territorial waters. The submarine was detected in Japanese waters near islands disputed with China about 300km southwest
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Japan said China apologized on Tuesday  for the intrusion by one of its submarines into Japanese waters  last week in a gesture that defuses a dispute and may open the  way for a bilateral summit this weekend.
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China has admitted that its submarine intruded into Japanese waters last week and apologized over the incident, Japan's top government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda told a news conference Tuesday.
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China voiced deep concern on Saturday over Japan's sweeping overhaul of defense policy that eased a decades-old ban on arms exports and suggested a shift from a defensive posture in place since its World War II defeat.
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Japan will protest to China after  concluding that a nuclear-powered submarine that intruded into  its waters this week belonged to the Chinese navy, top  government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said on Friday.