JAPAN'S Defence Ministry says two Russian fighters briefly intruded into Japanese airspace off the northern tip of the island of Hokkaido.
Ministry official Yoshihide Yoshida said the intrusion on Thursday, which lasted less than a minute, caused Japan's air force to scramble.
Yoshida said it was not immediately known whether the airspace violation was intentional or accidental, but that it was "extremely problematic".
He says the last intrusion by Russian jets in Japanese airspace was on February 9, 2008.
On Thursday, Japan observed Northern Territories' Day, when rallies and meetings are organised to call for the return of four disputed islands, off Hokkaido, known as the Northern Territories.
Russia refers to the islands as the Kurils.
Former prime minister Yoshiro Mori is expected to travel to Moscow later this month to discuss territorial issues.
Soviet troops seized the four islands in late August and early September 1945 after Japan accepted the terms of surrender under the Potsdam Declaration ending World War II.
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