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 ...

Japan's defense ministry reports responding to hundreds of Chinese and Russian aerial and maritime intrusions since April.

Japan and South Korea separately scrambled warplanes after Russian and Chinese jets conducted joint patrols in the skies near the two countries amid intensifying tensions in the region. Chinese and ...

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 ...

Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a press conference with Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles (not pictured) at the Ministry of Defence in Tokyo on December 7, 2025.

Japan scrambled fighter jets Wednesday after a Chinese military aircraft approached international airspace near its southern islands over the Pacific, Reuters reported. Tensions have been on the rise ...

Japan has protested after Chinese fighter jets locked radars on Japanese aircraft as tensions between the two nations worsened. Locking radar onto an aircraft is considered a threat because it can ...