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

The release added that on Sunday, PLAN Dongdiao-class surveillance ship Tianlangxing (794) was sighted sailing east in an ...

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 ...

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

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

Japanese government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said a Russian military patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace three ...

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

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

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

On September 23, Russian military patrol planes violated Japanese airspace three times over Rebun Island, located North of ...

A Russian military patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace near Hokkaido’s Rebun Island three times on Monday. Japan's ...