Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters that the Russian Il-38 plane breached Japan’s airspace above Rebun ...

Japan scrambled fighter jets and used flares to warn off a Russian military plane that breached Japanese airspace on Sept. 23 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Japan has protested to the Kremlin after a Russian patrol plane entered its airspace three times, Defence Minister Minoru ...

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

TOKYO -- A Russian military patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace off the northernmost main island of Hokkaido three ...

On September 23, Russian military patrol planes violated Japanese airspace three times over Rebun Island, located North of ...

A Russian IL-38 patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace off Hokkaido’s Rebun island three times, with the ASDF firing ...