Tokyo (CNN) Japanese fighter pilot Lt. Col. Takamichi Shirota says his country is under increasing pressure from the air. It happened to Japan's Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) 947 times in the last fiscal year ending in March. Their density makes the East China Sea, the part of the Pacific Ocean between China and Japan's southern islands, look like a sea of red. "The Air Self Defense Force is the one and only entity able to protect Japan's territory and airspace," he says. "Securing the air defense is directly linked to protect Japan, the lives and assets of the Japanese people," Shirota says.

Source: CNN July 29, 2020 02:19 UTC