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EDITORIAL: China's provocative acts are raising the risk of a military clash

photo：The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Yudachi, shown at port in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, in April 2012, was targeted by fire-control radar from a Chinese warship in the East China Sea on Jan. 30 this year. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Yudachi, shown at port in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, in April 2012, was targeted by fire-control radar from a Chinese warship in the East China Sea on Jan. 30 this year. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)

Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera revealed Feb. 5 that a Chinese warship locked its fire-control radar on a Japanese destroyer operating in the East China Sea last month. In doing so, the Chinese vessel essentially signaled it was preparing to open fire.

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