BEIJING (Kyodo) -- China informed Japan that an "unexpected obstruction" was what caused one of its military planes to breach ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chinese President Xi Jinping are likely to hold their first summit on Friday in ...

Explanation for August 26 incident comes ahead of likely first meeting between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister ...

Russian military ships and planes have ramped up their activity near Japan in recent months. A Russian IL-38 reconnaissance ...

Amid the escalation of Chinese military activities in Japan’s vicinity, a Chinese military aircraft was confirmed to have intruded into Japanese airspace on Aug. 26. Not only was this a clear ...

The incident occurred at a time when China is stepping up its military activities around Japan. Nonmilitary Chinese aircraft have twice violated Japanese airspace: a Chinese government oceanic ...

Japan’s fiscal year runs from April 1 to March 31. Only one Chinese and one Russian aircraft, both patrol planes, entered Japanese airspace without permission this year. Approaching aircraft ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba renewed a pledge Saturday to build up his country’s military and deepen ...

Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has told members of the Self-Defense Forces that he will work to fundamentally ...

Average CO2 emissions for flights between the UK and Japan have jumped by more than 21% since 2019 according to new data from ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba aims to enhance Japan's military capabilities and deepen its alliance with the US amidst rising ...

According to Japan's defence ministry, a Chinese Y-9 reconnaissance plane entered Japanese airspace off Danjo Islands in southwestern Nagasaki prefecture on August 26.