Holiday travel between China and Japan is being disrupted as flights on 46 routes are cancelled over the next two weeks amid rising diplomatic tensions between the two countries.

A Chinese aircraft carrier group carried out nearly 100 take-offs and landings near Japan’s Okinawa Islands, escalating tensions between the two Asian powers.

On Friday, China urged its citizens to refrain from traveling to Japan due to escalating tensions between Beijing and Tokyo.

Japan has raised “serious concern” over a near-miss with a Chinese fighter jet, highlighting rising tensions amid China’s recent naval activity in the Pacific.