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By taking steps such as easing the conditions of weapon use, Japan will be in a position to ease “growing fears” that unidentified flying objects such as drones and balloons are intruding into ...

Japanese lawmakers are revisiting reports of flying objects spotted in the skies over Japan about three years ago that appear to be similar to the Chinese balloon shot down by a U.S. fighter jet.

But many have also questioned why Japanese officials have not come out and clearly said what it is. Interest in the object - dubbed "Godzilla egg", "mooring buoy" and "from outer space" - started ...

Japan’s government is considering relaxing the requirements for weapon use against flying objects that violate its airspace, lawmakers said on Wednesday, a day after it said China may have flown ...