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 ...

The Russian and Chinese militaries have frequently sent aircraft and ships on patrols and drills near Japan.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan and South Korea scramble fighter jets in response to China and Russia’s joint patrols Japan and South Korea separately ...

China displays its J-15 fighter jets at an air show in Zhuhai, in this file photograph from June last year [Getty Images] Japan has protested after Chinese fighter jets locked radars on Japanese ...

Two Russian Tu-95 nuclear-capable strategic bombers flew from the Sea of Japan toward the East China Sea to meet two Chinese H-6 bombers and carry out a "long-distance joint flight" over the Pacific, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...