The Self-Defense Forces confirmed that four aircraft, which are believed to be Russian military aircraft, flew straight from the Sea of Japan toward Hokkaido on the night of the 7th.
There were no violations of airspace, but the Ministry of Defense is analyzing the purpose of the flight as a peculiar action.
According to the Ministry of Defense, on the night of the 7th, the Self-Defense Forces confirmed that four aircraft, which are believed to be Russian military aircraft, were flying from the Sea of Japan to the west of Hokkaido.
Four of them flew straight toward Japan's airspace, two of them turned around and turned over the west of Hokkaido, and the other two went north toward Sakhalin.
The Air Self-Defense Force fighter plane scrambled = emergency start to guard and monitor, and there was no violation of airspace.
The Ministry of Defense has not seen a flight of Russian aircraft going straight toward the airspace in recent years, and as a peculiar action of the Russian army, it continues to analyze the purpose of the flight and to be vigilant and monitor.