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 ...

Japan said a Russian surveillance plane violated its airspace three times on Monday.The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force ...

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

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

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

The Russian Il-38 maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft flew north of Rebun Island three times from 1 p.m. and ...

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

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

A Russian military patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace near Hokkaido's Rebun Island on three separate occasions on ...

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

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