A Russian TU-95 bomber flies through airspace northwest of Okinoshima island, Fukuoka prefecture in the southern island of Kyushu, in this handout picture taken by Japan Air Self-Defence Force and released by the Defense Ministry of Japan August 22, 2013. REUTERS/Defense Ministry of Japan/Handout via Reuters
TOKYO/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two Russian bombers briefly entered Japan's air space near its major southern island of Kyushu on Thursday, prompting Japan to scramble its fighter jets and lodge a protest, the Japanese government said, but Russia denied any intrusion.
The two TU-95 bombers spent less than two minutes in Japan's airspace, in the first such incursion since February, when two Russian fighter jets entered Japan's air space near its main northern island of Hokkaido, the Japanese defence ministry said.
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