TOKYO — Japan said Monday it had protested to Paris over a French firm’s sale of helicopter landing equipment to China, at a time of heightened territorial tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.
France-based naval defense firm DCNS has sold at least 11 sets of the equipment, which helps helicopters land on ships in bad weather, officials said, sparking complaints in February.
“We have expressed our concerns,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference Monday, while a foreign ministry official added the protest was made through the embassy in Paris after DCNS announced the sales.
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