Japan regularly intercepts Russian forces near its territorial waters and airspace.
Japan fighter aircraft were scrambled 448 times in the last nine months – a 14 percent decrease from the same timeframe last ...
Japan scrambled fighter jets to respond to Russian bombers, fighters and a surveillance plane at least four times this week ...
The Russian and Chinese militaries have frequently sent aircraft and ships on patrols and drills near Japan.
The 6th Air Wing of Japan Air Self-Defense Force's F-15 fighters hold a joint military drill with the U.S. B-52 bomber over Sea of Japan, in this handout picture taken by Japan Air Self-Defence Force ...
U.S. nuclear-capable bombers flew over the Sea of Japan alongside Japanese fighter jets on Wednesday, Tokyo said, in a show of force following Chinese and Russian drills in the skies and seas around U ...