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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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