Russian surveillance ship Kareliya (535) was spotted Jan. 17-19, 2026, sailing north around 60 kilometers southwest of Yonaguni Island. Japan Joint Staff Office photo Russian surveillance ship ...

Japan’s Joint Staff Office reported a Russian IL-20 Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) aircraft flew southwest over the Sea of Japan, Jan. 23, 2026. Japan Joint Staff Office photo Japan scrambled fighter ...

Moscow and Beijing have strengthened their military cooperation since Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022 RUSSIA and China kicked off chilling war games in the Sea of Japan in a show of force just a day ...

Japan scrambled its fighter jets 448 times in nine months last year. Most of the intercepts involved Russian or Chinese ...

Japanese fighter jets have intercepted multiple Russian military aircraft, including nuclear-capable bombers, approaching the country’s airspace, according to official reports. Russia’s Defense ...

Tokyo’s recent tracking of three PLA Navy warships transiting Tsushima Strait comes amid heightened regional tensions.

Russia has started offshore oil and gas exploration on the DPRK shelf in the Sea of Japan. As The Moscow Times writes with ...

The United States and Japan have increased their exercises in response to joint Sino-Russian exercises in recent weeks. Just days before five Russian aircraft were detected and tracked by the North ...

Russia has begun offshore oil and gas exploration on North Korea’s continental shelf in the Sea of Japan, The Moscow Times reported.