China and Japan clash over 'dangerous' radar incident as Chinese jets target Japanese aircraft near Okinawa, escalating military tensions between the nations.

Japan is threatening China militarily which is "completely unacceptable", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his German counterpart, after Japan said that Chinese fighter jets had aimed their radar at Japanese military aircraft.

Tokyo claims a Chinese fighter jet used its weapons-targeting radar on Japanese planes on Dec 6. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Asia’s top economies might be at loggerheads, but for China’s 1.4 billion shoppers it’s largely business as normal. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

While diplomatic tensions between the two countries are not new, both have little to gain from the current dispute subsiding.

As China-Japan diplomatic row ripples into entertainment, over 30 Japanese performances have been abruptly cancelled, leaving millions of fans of Japanese culture in China worried about a potential broader cultural ban.

Japan and China remain locked in a blame game, with Japan complaining that China did not provide enough information on a Chinese military exercise that led to an alleged use of fire-control radar against Japanese fighter jets.

Chinese officials took issue with Japan’s claim. Wang Xuemeng, a spokesman for the Chinese Navy, said in a statement that the Liaoning was carrying out “routine carrier-based fighter jet flight training” that had been announced in advance.

U.S. and Japan conduct joint flight drills amid rising tensions with China following provocative military activities near Japan.

Japan, China and South Korea will have a trilateral meeting of their health ministers Sunday in Seoul amid the recent escalation of t