The Asahi Shimbun:

Defense Ministry officials suspect China has been floating balloons over Japan to spy on military radio communication to monitor the movements of the U.S. military and Japan’s Self-Defense Forces.

The ministry had revealed in a Feb. 14 announcement that it “strongly suspects” several flying objects spotted over Japan over the past four years were Chinese surveillance balloons.

Defense officials said further analysis shows the objects closely resemble the one shot down by the United States 10 days prior, which gives some clues about the kind of information they were collecting.

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