Japan and US in joint jet flight after China drill and North Korean missiles

Three F-15 warplanes of the Japanese self-defence force, front, and four F-16 fighters of the US armed forces fly over the Sea of Japan (Joint staff of the Japanese Self-Defence Force/AP)

Japanese and US forces have conducted a joint fighter jet flight over the Sea of Japan, Japan’s defence ministry said.

It is an apparent response to a Russia-China joint bomber flight while US President Joe Biden was in Tokyo.