Japan scrambles jets after Chinese aircraft 'violates' airspace

Tokyo — Japan scrambled fighter jets on Monday after a Chinese military aircraft "violated" Japanese airspace, the defense ministry said.    The Chinese aircraft was "confirmed to have violated the territorial airspace off the Danjo Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture," the ministry said in a statement, adding it had launched "fighter jets on an emergency basis."   China's "Y-9 intelligence-gathering" aircraft entered Japanese airspace at 11:29 am (0229 GMT) for around two minutes, the ministry added.