A Chinese fighter jet came within about 150 feet of a Japanese naval reconnaissance plane over the weekend, the Japanese Defense Ministry said Thursday, an action the US ambassador to Tokyo called “dangerous” and “reckless.

J-15 fighters from the Chinese Navy, deployed on the aircraft carrier Shandong, made dangerous approaches to a P-3C maritime patrol aircraft of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) during surveillance missions over the western Pacific Ocean.