The Japanese Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 2 March that a Russian helicopter entered the country's northern airspace, off the eastern coast of Hokkaido island.

The unidentified helicopter, which was scrambled by an unspecified number of Japanese Air Self-Defense Force fighter aircraft around 1023 h local time, flew over Japan's territorial waters off the Nemuro Peninsula, which is located near a cluster of four islands northeast of Hokkaido that are occupied by Russia and contended by Japan.

The Japanese Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 2 March that a Russian helicopter entered the country's northern airspace, off the eastern coast of Hokkaido island.

The unidentified helicopter, which was scrambled by an unspecified number of Japanese Air Self-Defense Force fighter aircraft around 1023 h local time, flew over Japan's territorial waters off the Nemuro Peninsula, which is located near a cluster of four islands northeast of Hokkaido that are occupied by Russia and contended by Japan.

The Japanese Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 2 March that a Russian helicopter entered the country's northern airspace, off the eastern coast of Hokkaido island.

The unidentified helicopter, which was scrambled by an unspecified number of Japanese Air Self-Defense Force fighter aircraft around 1023 h local time, flew over Japan's territorial waters off the Nemuro Peninsula, which is located near a cluster of four islands northeast of Hokkaido that are occupied by Russia and contended by Japan.

The Japanese Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 2 March that a Russian helicopter entered the country's northern airspace, off the eastern coast of Hokkaido island.

The unidentified helicopter, which was scrambled by an unspecified number of Japanese Air Self-Defense Force fighter aircraft around 1023 h local time, flew over Japan's territorial waters off the Nemuro Peninsula, which is located near a cluster of four islands northeast of Hokkaido that are occupied by Russia and contended by Japan.

The Japanese Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 2 March that a Russian helicopter entered the country's northern airspace, off the eastern coast of Hokkaido island.

The unidentified helicopter, which was scrambled by an unspecified number of Japanese Air Self-Defense Force fighter aircraft around 1023 h local time, flew over Japan's territorial waters off the Nemuro Peninsula, which is located near a cluster of four islands northeast of Hokkaido that are occupied by Russia and contended by Japan.

The Japanese Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 2 March that a Russian helicopter entered the country's northern airspace, off the eastern coast of Hokkaido island.

The unidentified helicopter, which was scrambled by an unspecified number of Japanese Air Self-Defense Force fighter aircraft around 1023 h local time, flew over Japan's territorial waters off the Nemuro Peninsula, which is located near a cluster of four islands northeast of Hokkaido that are occupied by Russia and contended by Japan.