TOKYO This handout photo taken and released on Aug. 26, 2024 by Japan's Defense Ministry Joint Staff Office shows a Chinese military Y9 intelligence-gathering aircraft that Japan's defence ministry said "violated" Japanese airspace. Japan slammed on Tuesday what it called the first confirmed incursion by a Chinese military aircraft into its airspace as a "serious violation" of its sovereignty, saying Beijing was becoming "increasingly active." China 's growing economic and military clout in the