TOKYO — Five Chinese naval ships entered the Sea of Japan heading in the direction of Russia over the weekend, Tokyo said after Beijing announced joint military drills with Moscow.
The Japan ese Defense Ministry 'confirmed that these vessels sailed north-eastward through the Tsushima Strait toward the Sea of Japan from Saturday to Sunday,' it said in a press release on Monday. Japan 's Self-Defense Force 'conducted vigilance monitoring and intelligence gathering' with a vessel and patrol plane, the ministry said, releasing photos of the ships.
Chinese Navy Dongdiao-class electronic reconnaissance ship heads northeast in the Tsushima Strait on Sept. 7, 2024. It did not say where the Chinese ships were heading but local media reports suggested that they were on their way to the drills with Russia that Beijing announced on Monday.The Tsushima Strait lies between South Korea and Japan, and connects the South China Sea and the Sea of Japan — known as the East Sea to Koreans — and is not within Japanese territorial waters.
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