Japan's Kyodo news agency, citing a government source, said China's no-fly zone included what Japan claims as its exclusive economic zone around the Senkakus. The development follows days of intense military drills that China has staged around Taiwan in response to President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California last week.
By Yimou Lee and Liz Lee TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Wednesday it had successfully urged China to drastically narrow its plan to close air space north of the island, averting wider travel disruption in a period of high tension in the region due to China s military exercises. China has not commented on the no-fly zone but South Korea, which was also briefed on the plans, said the decision was taken due to an object falling from a satellite launch vehicle. Beijing initially notified Taipei it would impose a no-fly zone from April 16-18, but Taiwan s transport ministry said this was later reduced to a period of just 27 minutes on Sunday morning after it protested. The ministry published a map showing what it labelled China s aerospace activity zone to the northeast of Taiwan and near a group of disputed islets call Diaoyu by China and Senkaku by Japan. That would be close to civilian aviation routes between Taiwan and China as well as between Taiwan and South Korea, among ot
China plans to close airspace north of Taiwan next week, the self-ruled island's defence ministry said on Wednesday, which could disrupt flights in the region amid rounds of intense military drills by Beijing.
TAIPEI, Taiwan China plans to close airspace north of Taiwan for about half an hour next week, down from an originally announced three days, because of a…