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

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

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

"We believe that this is not only a serious violation of our country's sovereignty, but also a threat to our security. This ...

For Hokkaido, however, China's ban means local officials were forced to seek out new markets for its seafood products. In ...

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

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

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

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

A Russian military patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace three times on Monday near the northern prefecture of Hokkaido, ...

In other developments, Japan’s Ministry of Defense announced that a Russian IL-38 maritime patrol ... which lies 31 miles ...