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

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

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

The Russian aircraft intruded three times and ignored radio warnings, prompting flares from Japan’s self defense aircrafts.

Japanese fighter jets fired warnings flares against a Russian military aircraft that Tokyo said repeatedly entered the ...

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

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to 'resolutely defend Japan's territory' as Tokyo lodged a protest with Moscow after a ...

Japan's Defense Minister Minoru Kihara reported that a Russian Il-38 patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace above Rebun ...

Japan scrambled an undisclosed number of F-15 and F-35 fighter jets, which used flares for the first time after the Russian ...

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

It is the first 'publicly announced' airspace incursion by a Russian aircraft since June 2019. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japanese military planes used flares to warn a Russian reconnaissance aircraft that trespassed and entered Japan’s airspace ...