China Asserting Airspace

FILE – In this Sept. 2, 2012 file photo, the survey ship Koyo Maru, left, chartered by Tokyo city officials, sails around Minamikojima, foreground, Kitakojima, middle right, and Uotsuri, background, the tiny islands in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. South Korean and Japanese flights through China’s new maritime air defense zone added to the international defiance Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013, of rules Beijing says it has imposed in East China Sea but that neighbors and the U.S. have vowed to ignore. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT