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An IL-38 patrol plane flew over waters in the Sea of Japan north of Rebun Island in Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. (Image: X)
The military responded by scrambling fighter jets and issuing radio and flare warnings
Japan protested to Moscow after a Russian patrol plane entered its airspace three times, the defence minister said Monday, the first time it has reported such an incursion since 2019.
“We confirmed today that a Russian Il-38 patrol aircraft has violated our airspace over our territorial waters north of Rebun Island, Hokkaido, on three occasions,” Minoru Kihara told reporters. The military responded by scrambling fighter jets and issuing radio and flare warnings, he said.
