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

As a result, a Japanese fighter jet fired a warning missile for the first time in history, Kyodo News reports. According to ...

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

Japanese government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said a Russian military patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace three ...

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

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

Japan lodged a "very serious protest" with Moscow after a Russian patrol plane entered its airspace three times, the defence minister said Monday, calling it the first confirmed incursion since 2019.

Defence Minister Minoru Kihara calls on the Russian government to prevent a recurrence. Japan has protested to the Kremlin ...

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

Japan protested to Moscow after a Russian patrol plane entered its airspace three times, the defence minister said Monday, the first time it has reported such an incursion since 2019.

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

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