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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Tokyo’s unprecedented decision to fire flares as a warning after a Russian military plane entered Japanese airspace may not ...

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

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

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

Japan had to scramble fighter jets when Russian aircraft flew around the archipelago for the first time since 2019.