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 ...

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

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

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

Aviones militares japoneses usaron bengalas para advertir a una aeronave de reconocimiento rusa que había entrado en su ...

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

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

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters that the Russian Il-38 plane breached Japan’s airspace above Rebun Island, just off the coast of the country’s northernmost main island of ...

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

Government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said that while Japan is withholding judgment on the intent behind the incident, ...

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