Unmanned Chinese surveillance balloons are "strongly suspected" to have flown in Japan's airspace three times since November 2019, the Japanese government has announced.
On Wednesday morning, the Liberal Democratic Party held a joint meeting of its National Defense Division and Research Commission on Security at party headquarters to discuss how to respond to the issue.
According to Minoru Kihara, chairperson of the commission, and other sources, the Defense Ministry revealed at the meeting a policy to consider changing the interpretation of the Self-Defense Forces Law, which stipulates how to respond to intrusions into Japanese airspace.
