Japan's defense minister said the use of flares was a legitimate response to airspace violation and "we plan to use it ...

Japan's Defense Ministry said Monday that a Russian military aircraft violated the country's airspace three times, prompting ...

Japanese warplanes used flares to warn a Russian reconnaissance aircraft that breached airspace above Rebun Island three ...

The airspace violation is extremely regrettable, and today we lodged a very serious protest with the Russian government via ...

Japan scrambled fighter jets after a Russian Il-38 plane entered Japanese airspace on Sept. 23. Japan used flares after the ...

Japanese jet fighters fired warning flares at a Russian military reconnaissance plane that violated Japan’s airspace, the ...

Tokyo's defense ministry said the Russian surveillance plane violated its airspace repeatedly on Monday. China violated its ...

The infringements were the first by Russia in five years, according to the Japanese defense ministry. A fighter fired a ...

TOKYO, Japan - Japan lodged a "very serious protest" with Moscow ... Il-38 patrol aircraft has violated our airspace over our ...

A Russian military patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace near Hokkaido's Rebun Island on three separate occasions on Monday, Japan's government spokesperson said.

Russian patrol aircraft were intercepted by Japanese fighter jets after Moscow's planes violated the Western-ally's airspace, ...

a Russian IL-38 MPA on three occasions violated Japan’s territorial waters, which lay north of Rebun Island, with the first ...