Japan Pool, via Jiji Press
A Japanese patrol plane, pictured in 2011, flying over the disputed islands in the East China Sea.
By MARTIN FACKLER
Published: November 28, 2013
TOKYO — China sent fighter jets into its newly declared air defense zone Thursday on what state media called the country’s first air patrol since it declared control of the airspace. The announcement came hours after Japan and South Korea sent their own military planes into the airspace over the East China Sea, testing China’s resolve to enforce its declaration.
