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

Japanese fighter jets fired warning flares at a Russian reconnaissance plane after it repeatedly breached the neighbouring ...

In a rare move, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) scrambled F-15 and F-35 fighter jets from the Northern Air Defense ...

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

Russian planes violated Japanese airspace north of Rebun Island in Hokkaido three times between 1pm and 3pm local time today.

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

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

Japanese jet fighters fired warning flares at a Russian military reconnaissance plane that violated Japan’s airspace, the ...

TOKYO -- A Russian military patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace off the northernmost main island of Hokkaido three ...

Tokyo's defense ministry said the Russian surveillance plane violated its airspace repeatedly on Monday. China violated its ...

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

Russia's planes did not enter Japanese airspace but flew over an area subject to a territorial dispute between Japan and ...