The Japanese military has reported an update on the number of scrambles of its fighter jets.
The number of scrambles by Japan's air force decreased in the first quarter of this year, the country's military reported last week, with almost all of the incidents dealt with aerial threats from its neighbors Russia and China.The Joint Staff Office under Japan's Defense Ministry on Thursday released a quarterly report on the Air Self-Defense Force's scrambles from April 1 to June 30.
The report said 82 scrambles were carried out by fighter jets deployed in Japan's southwestern Ryukyu Islands. The islands border the East China Sea to the west and are home to half of the U.S. forces deployed in Japan today.To the north of the Ryukyu Islands, there is Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu: 28 scrambles were recorded in the area, also known as the 'western area' in Japan Air Self-Defense Force's operations.
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