The government could disclose evidence related to two alleged incidents when Chinese frigates locked their weapons-guiding radar on a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer and helicopter last month, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Saturday.
"The government is considering the extent of what can be revealed" publicly, Onodera said on a Yomiuri Telecasting Corp. program, noting the government has "hard" evidence of China's provocative acts in the form of footage, photographs and radio wave data.
But Onodera indicated that whatever evidence is disclosed about the alleged fire-control radar lock-ons would be limited so as not to completely reveal Japan's ability to gather and analyze sensitive intelligence related to national security.