Japan scrambles fighters in connection with Russian, Chinese bombers' joint flight

MOSCOW. Dec 22 (Interfax) - Japan scrambled its jet fighters in relation to a flight of two Russian and four Chinese strategic bombers over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

"At certain stages of the route, the strategic missile-carriers were shadowed by the Japan Air Force's F-15 fighters," the ministry stated.