Naval Aircraft Chases Submarine Away
From Times Wire Reports
A Japanese navy aircraft chased an unidentified submarine out of the area near its southern islands, about 1,000 miles southwest of Tokyo.
Several destroyers were also headed for the area, Kyodo news agency said.
Some media reports suggested the submarine may have been Chinese. Public broadcaster NHK quoted an official at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo as saying he did not know whether Chinese military vessels had entered Japanese waters.
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