The Russian Il-38 maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft flew north of Rebun Island three times from 1 p.m. and ...

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

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters that the Russian Il-38 plane breached Japan’s airspace above Rebun ...

The Japanese Ministry of Defense said that a Russian patrol aircraft violated Japanese territorial airspace north of ...

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

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

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

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

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

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