Japan says Chinese and Russian planes were flying nearby when Quad met
Chinese and Russian warplanes conducted joint flights near Japan on Tuesday as quad bloc leaders met in Tokyo, Japan's defense minister said. Nobuo Kishi said the government had raised "serious concerns" with Russia and China about the flights, which took place as leaders of the United States, India, Australia and Japan held regional security talks. The planes did not violate territorial airspace, the Defense Ministry told AFP, and it was the fourth time since November that joint long-haul flights between Russia and China have been spotted near Japan. "Two Chinese bombers joined two Russian bombers in the Sea of Japan and flew together to the East China Sea," Kishi told reporters. replacing the two Chinese bombers - and two Russian bombers, conducted a joint flight from the East China Sea to the Pacific Ocean." He said a Russian intelligence plane also flew north from Hokkaido to central Japan's Noto Peninsula on Tuesday, calling the moves "prov