Russia and China have regularly dispatched forces to waters and airspace around Japanese territory.

Japan scrambled fighter jets to respond to Russian bombers, fighters and a surveillance plane at least four times this week ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on November 25. - JIJI ...

The US Air Force is expected to station F-35 fighter jets at Misawa Air Base, a major base in northern Honshu.

(Reuters) — Japan said on Sunday that Chinese fighter jets had directed fire-control radar at Japanese military aircraft in two “dangerous” incidents near Japan’s Okinawa islands, an account Beijing ...

Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force conducted its first aerial refueling support for a South Korean military aircraft at ...

South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back has thanked Japan for helping a South Korean military aircraft that ran into trouble. The C-130 transport plane was forced to make an emergency landing in ...

TOKYO(AP) — Japan said Monday that Chinese military aircraft locked radar on its fighter jets even though there was a safe distance between them, denying Beijing's accusation of interference and ...

In 1973, Egypt and others launched a surprise attack on Israel. Israel, which had won all three previous wars against Arab states, was caught off guard and suffered a major blow. The U.S. urgently ...

TOKYO, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Japan said on Sunday that Chinese fighter jets had aimed their radar at Japanese military aircraft in two "dangerous" incidents near Japan's Okinawa islands, an account ...