Japan won't protest S Korea's new air zone  

日本称韩防空识别区无太大影响 不抗议冷静应对

韩国国防部8日发布韩国防空识别区(KADIZ)扩大方案，区域范围延伸至苏岩礁、马罗岛和红岛上空，并与日本的识别区存在重叠。日本新闻网消息指，日本政府8日晚确定了对于韩国扩大防空识别圈的应对方针：不抗议，冷静应对。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Tokyo on Monday cautiously endorsed South Korea's expanded air defense identification zone (KADIZ), according to Japanese news portal ribenxinwen.com.

On Sunday, South Korea announced its new KADIZ, which included the nation's two southernmost islands of Marado and Hongdo, as well as Suyan Rock, a submerged reef within the overlapping economic zones of China and South Korea, and said it would take effect on Dec 15.

It was reported that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe consulted with Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and Chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff Shigeru Iwasaki, and they believe South Korea's new KADIZ is not going to be a problem for Japan, so they will not protest it.