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Japanese Fighter Jets Scrambled 30 Times Against Chinese Military Drones in FY2024, the Highest on Record
By Takahashi Kosuke
China’s UAV activity is increasing rapidly in the airspace around the Nansei Islands in Japan's southwest, part of the First Island Chain.
Japan Photographs China’s New Y-9DZ Electric Warfare Aircraft for First Time
By Takahashi Kosuke
The western Pacific, including Okinawa and Taiwan, is increasingly becoming a new frontier for electronic warfare.
Japan Says Aircraft Scrambles Are Down – But Responses to Drones and UFOs Are Up
By Takahashi Kosuke
Japan scrambled fighter aircraft 778 times in FY2022, nearly three-quarters of those coming against Chinese planes.
China, Russia Fly 6 Bombers Near Japan Amid Quad Summit
By Kosuke Takahashi
The first such joint flight since November 2021 coincided with Japan's hosting of the Quad summit.
Japan Scrambled Fighter Jets to Intercept Foreign Aircraft Over 1,000 Times in FY2021
By Kosuke Takahashi
It was the second highest number of scrambles in a single year, representing the worsening security environment surrounding Japan.
Japan Intercepted Chinese Military Aircraft 675 Times in Fiscal Year 2019
By Franz-Stefan Gady
This marks a six percent increase compared with the same period in fiscal year 2018.
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