Japanese news agency 47 News reported approximately 100 aircraft departures and arrivals around Okinawa on December 6 and 7, in a breaking news update posted on X during the reporting window from 4:17 PM to 6:46 PM UTC on December 7, 2025. The report from 47 News detailed the high volume of aircraft activity in the area over the two days, according to the agency's X post linking to a full article. An X user observed the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning exhibiting unprecedented movements nearby, posting during the same period that it might circumnavigate Japan or approach Tokyo. This air activity follows Japan's Ministry of Defense summoning the Chinese ambassador earlier on December 7 to protest a Chinese J-15 fighter jet from the Liaoning locking radar on a Japanese F-15 southeast of Okinawa on December 6, as announced by the ministry that day. The Liaoning carrier group had transited the Miyako Strait and operated off Japan's coast before sailing north, according to visualizations by TaiwanMonitor shared previously.
