This handout photo taken on December 10 from Japan's Ministry of Defense shows a US Air Force B-52 strategic bomber (bottom) and two Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jets conducting a joint exercise over the Sea of Japan

This handout photo taken on December 10 from Japan's Ministry of Defense shows a US Air Force B-52 strategic bomber (bottom) and two Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jets conducting a joint exercise over the Sea of Japan

Beijing's actions are "not conducive to regional peace", Japan's defence minister and US counterpart Pete Hegseth agreed during a call after Chinese aircraft locked radar on Japanese jets near Taiwan, Tokyo said Friday.

The December 6 radar incident came after comments by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Taiwan that infuriated China.

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