Japan Air Self Defense Forces (JASDF) fighter jets fly during a review at Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Camp Asaka in Asaka, Japan, on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. Efforts by leaders to heal the rift between China and Japan over history are working, although improvement in how the countries' citizens view each other is largely one-sided. Photographer: Keith Bedford/Bloomberg
Japan ( Tokyo) Japan has scrambled fighter jets against aircraft approaching its airspace a total of 30,000 times since the Air Self-Defense Force began its mission in 1958, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
The figure reached the milestone on Monday after hitting 20,000 in 2006 and 10,000 in 1983, according to the ministry.
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