Russian fighter jets 'breach Japan airspace'

Two Russian fighter jets have violated Japanese airspace prompting Tokyo to scramble its own aircraft, reports say.

Japan lodged a protest after the planes were detected off the northern island of Hokkaido for just over a minute.

The incident happened as Japanese PM Shinzo Abe said he was seeking a solution to a territorial dispute with Russia over a Pacific island chain.

He was speaking on the anniversary of an 1855 treaty which Japan says supports its claims to the islands.

What Russia calls the Southern Kurils and Japan the Northern Territories are subject to a 60-year-old dispute.
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