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 ...

Japanese jet fighters fired warning flares at a Russian military reconnaissance plane that violated Japan’s airspace, 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 scrambled fighter jets after a Russian Il-38 plane entered Japanese airspace on Sept. 23. Japan used flares after the ...

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

A Russian IL-38 patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace off Hokkaido’s Rebun island three times, with the ASDF firing ...

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

Japan lodged a "very serious protest" with Moscow after a Russian patrol plane entered its airspace three times, the defence minister said Monday, calling it the first confirmed incursion since 2019.

violated Japan’s territorial airspace three times on Monday, with intercepting Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) fighter ...

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