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

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

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. Japanese ...

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

The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) reportedly operated its three aircraft carriers for exercises or tests over ...

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

After a Russian military patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace, Japan's Self-Defense Force dispatched an aircraft that, for the first time, fired flares in 'an anti-airspace violation action.' ...

Russia's planes did not enter Japanese airspace but flew over an area subject to a territorial dispute between Japan and ...

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

Japan scrambled fighter jets after Russian aircraft flew around the archipelago for the first time in five years, Tokyo said ...

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