Japan regularly intercepts Russian forces near its territorial waters and airspace.

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

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 scrambled fighter jets to monitor nuclear-capable Russian warplanes that flew over international waters along the edge of Japanese airspace off its coast. Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said ...

Between January 21 and 24, Japan tracked multiple Russian bomber flights, with ASDF jets monitoring their movements near the ...

(Reuters) — Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese Defense Ministry said late Tuesday, amid rising tensions ...