Russian Military Plane Breaches Japan’s Airspace - The New York …
Sep 23, 2024 · A Russian military patrol plane breached Japanese airspace off the country’s northwestern coast three times on Monday, prompting Japan’s military to dispatch a fighter jet to issue radio...
Japanese warplanes use flares to warn Russian spy plane | AP News
Sep 23, 2024 · TOKYO (AP) — Japan said its warplanes used flares to warn a Russian reconnaissance aircraft to leave northern Japanese airspace on Monday. Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters that the Russian Il-38 plane breached Japan’s airspace above Rebun Island, just off the coast of the country’s northernmost main island of ...
Japan scrambles fighter jets that shoot flares to warn Russian spy ...
Sep 23, 2024 · Japan scrambled an undisclosed number of F-15 and F-35 fighter jets, which used flares for the first time after the Russian aircraft apparently ignored their warnings, Kihara said.
Russia lodges protest against Japan-US joint drill, Japan …
Oct 12, 2024 · The Russian foreign ministry lodged the protest with the Japanese embassy in Russia on Friday. The Keen Sword drill is scheduled to take place across Japan from October 23 to November 1.
Russia to Japan: Drop territorial claim if you want a peace treaty
Jan 30 (Reuters) - Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev told Japan on Tuesday it would have to drop territorial claims to a group of Pacific islands if it wanted to conclude a peace...
Japan, NATO defense chiefs agree to ramp up cooperation
5 days ago · The defense ministers of Japan and three other Indo-Pacific countries agreed at their first meeting with their NATO counterparts on Thursday in Brussels to boost cooperation, amid China's growing military assertiveness and Russia's protracted invasion of Ukraine. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani called on the NATO ministers and his ...
Japan says Russian patrol aircraft violated its airspace - NBC News
Sep 24, 2024 · TOKYO — A Russian military patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace near Hokkaido’s Rebun Island on three separate occasions on Monday, prompting Japan’s Self-Defense Force to dispatch...
Russia deploys defense missile system on Kuril island near Japan
Dec 7, 2022 · Russia’s defense ministry said Monday it has deployed mobile coastal defense missile systems on a northern Kuril island, part of a strategically located chain of islands that stretch between...
Japan Warns Russia Over Violating Airspace, Fires Flares for First …
Sep 23, 2024 · TOKYO—Japanese jet fighters fired warning flares at a Russian military reconnaissance plane that violated Japan’s airspace on Monday, the first time Tokyo has taken such an aggressive...
Russia warns Japan over providing Patriot air defence systems to ...
Dec 27, 2023 · A move by Japan to provide Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine will have "grave consequences" for Russia-Japan ties, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.