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

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

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

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

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

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

Japan is strongly alarmed by recent airspace breaches by China and Russia and other military activities by them around the ...

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

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

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

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

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