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JASDF intercepts
![Japan Photographs China’s New Y-9DZ Electric Warfare Aircraft for First Time Japan Photographs China’s New Y-9DZ Electric Warfare Aircraft for First Time](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-06-15-122621.jpg)
June 15, 2023
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 Japan Says Aircraft Scrambles Are Down – But Responses to Drones and UFOs Are Up](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-03-07-203506.jpg)
April 19, 2023
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 China, Russia Fly 6 Bombers Near Japan Amid Quad Summit](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-05-24-151246.png)
May 25, 2022
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 Japan Scrambled Fighter Jets to Intercept Foreign Aircraft Over 1,000 Times in FY2021](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-04-15-140211.jpg)
April 15, 2022
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 Japan Intercepted Chinese Military Aircraft 675 Times in Fiscal Year 2019](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-04-10-2.jpg)
April 10, 2020
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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