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US Believes Japan on China Radar Incident (abc NEWS) 11 February 2013
米、中国のレーダー照射「実際に起きたと確信」 (Yomiuri Shimbun)
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The U.S. says it believes its ally Japan's allegation that China activated its weapons-guiding radar
last month in an escalation of tensions between the two Asian powers in the East China Sea.
米国務省のヌーランド報道官は１１日の記者会見で、中国海軍による海上自衛隊護衛艦への射撃用火器
管制レーダー照射について、「実際に起きたものだと確信している。この問題での中国政府への我々の懸
念は、きわめて明確だ」と述べ、日本の立場を支持すると同時に、中国に対する憂慮を改めて示した。
China denies Japanese claims that Chinese naval vessels locked their radar onto a Japanese destroyer
and helicopter. It accuses Japan of fabricating reports to smear China.
But State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Monday that the U.S. was briefed by Japan,
and quote, "we have satisfied ourselves that it does appear to have happened."
China and Japan are embroiled in a territorial spat over a cluster of tiny islands called Senkaku in Japanese.
Washington says it takes no stance in the sovereignty dispute, but opposes "unilateral actions" undermining
Japan's administration of the islands.