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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

A Russian military patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace near Hokkaido three times, prompting Japan's Self-Defense Force ...