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Japanese airlines Tuesday said they would not submit their plans to Chinese authorities for flying over China's newly established Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea, the Kyodo News reported.

Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways (ANA) and its affiliate Peach Aviation, which claimed Monday that they have submitted flight plans to Chinese authorities, turned in a report to the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, saying that they will not present any flight plans to China after November 27.

This follows the Japanese government's effort of stepping up its protest over  the setup of ADIZ that overlaps one already operated by Japan over disputed islands, requesting airlines not to comply with Beijing's new rules.

Japan's top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday that there's no need for Japanese airlines to submit their flight plans to China over its new air defense zone because it's invalid.

The spokesman claimed that the ADIZ rules "have no effect on our country" and "we'll continue to apply the existing rules."

The Chinese defense ministry announced the establishment of the zone on Saturday and issued the aircraft identification rules and a map of the zone, which triggered opposition from Japan and the US.

According to the announcement made by the defense ministry, any aircraft flying in the zone should report to the Chinese authorities, identifying itself and its flight plan.

In an earlier statement on Monday, the ANA spokesman said that  they have taken measures in line with international regulations and said "safety is our top priority. We have to avoid any possibility of the worst-case scenario." The move was considered as correct and rational by Chinese experts.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also said at a parliamentary session on Monday that Japan will ask China to restrain itself while we continue cooperating with the international community.

China will take "emergency measures" to deal with air threats and unidentified flying objects, including monitoring, control and disposition, said defense ministry spokesperson Yang Yujun, stressing that will not affect the freedom of flight in relevant airspace.

"Japan is lying when it said China is trying to change the status quo in the East China Sea by establishing the ADIZ, because it is Japan that is changing the status quo by illegally nationalizing the Diaoyu Islands," Lü Yaodong, a research fellow of Japanese politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times. "In that case, China of course should respond and safeguard its territorial sovereignty," he added.

Agencies contributed to this story