![]() “We strongly condemn this incident and we have lodged our complaint to China through diplomatic channels,” Kishi said. “It appears that China launched nine ballistic missiles,” he said, adding that it was “estimated that five of these missiles fell within Japan’s exclusive economic zone.” In a televised address, Japan's defense minster Kishi also called the drills “a serious problem that affects the security of Japan, as well as the safety of our people.” “We seek no escalation, but we don’t stand down when it comes to our security and sovereignty.” Taiwanese forces “are operating as usual and monitor our surroundings in response to irrational activities from PRC, aiming for changing the status quo & destabilizing the region’s security,” it said on Twitter on Thursday, using an abbreviation for China’s formal name, the People’s Republic of China. The Taiwanese Defense Ministry repeated its resolve to avoid escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait. The Taiwanese Foreign Affairs Ministry strongly condemned the launches, which it compared to missile tests by North Korea, and called on the international community to continue to show solidarity with Taiwan. Later, in a separate statement to state media, PLA Senior Colonel Shi Yi said sea and airspace control off the eastern coast of Taiwan had been lifted “since the live-fire missile drills have hit the targets precisely.”
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