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Japan’s Defense Ministry confirmed the passage, stating the Chinese vessels temporarily entered the contiguous zone, which extends up to 24 nautical miles from a country’s coastline.
According to Japan's Ministry of Defense, the incident began when a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance aircraft entered Japan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the East China Sea and proceeded toward Kyushu. JASDF fighter jets were deployed to intercept and issue radio warnings, instructing the aircraft to avoid Japanese airspace. Despite these warnings, the Chinese plane circled the southeast coast of the Onna-jima Islands in Goto City before entering Japanese airspace approximately 22 kilometers off the coast at around 11:29 a.m.