Case file · Official inquiry
'Aliens have never invaded Japan'
In April 2015 Defence Minister Gen Nakatani told the Diet that the Self-Defense Forces had never seen an extraterrestrial object enter Japanese airspace.
2015 CE · 35.67, 139.75 · status: official
The account
He was answering the wrestler-turned-senator Antonio Inoki. Nakatani said jets are scrambled against unknown objects but none has turned out to be from space.