China said on Thursday its Liaoning aircraft carrier had been on a routine training mission in the western Pacific and dismissed charges by Tokyo that the vessel and its escorts had entered Japanese waters.

TOKYO: A Chinese aircraft carrier briefly entered Japan's contiguous waters for the first time, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Wednesday,

A Chinese aircraft carrier sailed between two Japanese islands near Taiwan for the first time, Japan’s military said on Wednesday, in the latest move by Beijing to anger the close US ally

A Chinese naval formation led by the Liaoning aircraft carrier sailed through waters northeast of Taiwan on Wednesday and continued towards the southeast of Japan's Yonaguni Island,

China’s Liaoning carrier and two Type 052D guided-missile destroyers sailed from the East China Sea into Japan’s contiguous zones passing between the islands of Yonaguni and Iriomote on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the Japanese Ministry of Defence.

A Chinese aircraft carrier entered Japan's contiguous waters for the first time, escalating tensions between the two nations. The incident follows a series of military activities around Japan and Taiwan,

A Chinese aircraft carrier entered Japan’s contiguous waters for the first time on Wednesday, leading Tokyo to convey its “serious concerns” to Beijing over China’s increasingly assertive military actions around Japan,

A Chinese aircraft carrier entered Japan's contiguous waters for the first time on Wednesday, Japan's defence ministry said, the latest in a string of military manoeuvres that has ratcheted up tensions between the neighbours.