A Russian air force bomber briefly violated Japanese airspace over the uninhabited island of Sofugan just south of Tokyo on Saturday, the Foreign Ministry said. Read the full story . . . ...full story at Japan Times
from Japan Times on Sat, Feb 09 2008
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