Newsweek's map shows where Japan said it detected Chinese and Russian warships in the past week.
Longtime U.S. treaty ally Japan said it dispatched naval vessels to its northern and southwestern seas this week to monitor Chinese and Russian military ships on maneuvers in the Western Pacific Ocean.A June 14 report and another on Monday, both released by the Joint Staff Office within Japan's Defense Ministry, pinpointed the waterways used by the foreign navy warships the previous day.
Japan's Joint Staff said the 200-ton Hayabusa-class patrol boat JS Wakataka and a P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft were sent to shadow to the Russian signals intelligence-collection vessel, which Russia classifies as a Project 1826 ship.The Russian Defense Ministry could not be reached for comment after hours.
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