Japan fighter aircraft were scrambled 448 times in the last nine months – a 14 percent decrease from the same timeframe last ...

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

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 ...

Ten South Korean military personnel are being disciplined for their roles in an unapproved C-130 Hercules flight over Japanese airspace that prompted Tokyo to scramble fighter jets this summer, ...