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

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

A Russian reconnaissance aircraft entered Japanese airspace three times in three hours on Monday, with its bomb bay doors ...

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

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

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

Japan has territorial disputes with Russia and China. China claims the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, while Japan ...

On Monday, Japan’s air force scrambled F-15 and F-35 jet fighters in response to the first airspace violation, and the jets ...

Moscow's actions is the first airspace incursion into Japan by a Russian plane since 2019, when a Tu-95 bomber flew over ...

Russian patrol aircraft were intercepted by Japanese fighter jets after Moscow's planes violated the Western-ally's airspace, ...

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

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