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

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

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

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

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

Japan is strongly alarmed by recent airspace breaches by China and Russia and other military activities by them around the ...

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

Japan's Defense Minister Minoru Kihara reported that a Russian Il-38 patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace above Rebun ...

Japan scrambled an undisclosed number of F-15 and F-35 fighter jets, which used flares for the first time after the Russian ...

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

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

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