Russian aircraft violated Japanese airspace

PlaneJapan. (Source: AFP/VNA)

Kyodo reported that the Japanese Defense Ministry said that on the afternoon of September 16, a foreign aircraft, believed to be Russian, briefly violated Japanese airspace, forcing the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force to deploy four fighter jets.

According to the Japanese Ministry of Defense, the plane violated Japanese airspace off the coast of the Numuro Peninsula, Hokkaido Island, for about 16 seconds and then flew out of the area./.

According to VNA/VN+