Japan protests Russian plane violation in north airspace
The Morning Standard|September 24, 2024
THE 58-year-old Japan said its warplanes used flares to warn a Russian reconnaissance aircraft to leave northern Japanese airspace on Monday.

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told reporters that the Russian Il-38 plane breached Japan's airspace above Rebun Island, just off the coast of the country's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, for up to a minute in three instances, during its five-hour flight in the area.

This story is from the September 24, 2024 edition of The Morning Standard.

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