Japanese fighter jets fired warning flares at a Russian reconnaissance plane after it repeatedly breached the neighbouring ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida vowed to "resolutely defend Japan's territory" as Tokyo lodged a protest with Moscow after a Russian patrol plane entered its airspace.

For the first time in 60 years, Japanese fighter jets fired warning flares at a Russian reconnaissance aircraft that violated ...

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

The Japanese Ministry of Defense said that a Russian patrol aircraft violated Japanese territorial airspace north of ...

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

Japan lodged a “very serious protest” with Moscow after a Russian patrol plane entered its airspace three times, the defence ...

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

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

Japan says its warplanes used flares to warn a Russian reconnaissance aircraft to leave northern Japanese airspace.

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

In a press conference on Monday, Japan Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters that Japan had scrambled F-15 and F-35 ...