but china's official news agency says the vietnamese boat was harassing the chinese vetle. xinhua says it capsized after colliding with a chinese boat. japan's defense minister says the leaders of pacific nations should work together to avoid trouble in the skies. he says they should consider setting up a code of conduct for aircraft. itsunori onodera was speaking about an incident on saturday over the east china sea. the pilots of chinese fighter jets flew unusually close to japanese self-defense force airplanes. onodera says japanese officials have been urging chinese authorities to discuss setting up a hotline for emergencies involving ships and planes. but he said the chinese have not responded. >> translator: one option would be to establish a multinational code of conduct for aircraft, similar to the maritime code adopted by nations in the pacific region. >> japan and china are two of the countries that agreed last month to the maritime codes at a symposium in the chinese city of change dow. >>> thailand's military leader has been boosted by the king and now he's warn