This image published on April 15 by the Joint Staff of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces shows the Chinese navy’s Type 815 or Dongdiao-class intelligence ship Beijixing transiting the Osumi Strait ...

A joint Chinese and Russian naval exercise, in which a flotilla of 10 warships completed a near circle around Japan’s main island, has been touted by the two countries as a means of ensuring ...

Two PLAN ships transited the Osumi Strait, which lies between Kyushu and the island of Tanegashima, Thursday to Friday before entering the Philippine Sea, according to the JSO release.

Both the Osumi Strait and the Miyako Strait, situated to the north and the south of the Tokara Strait, are part of the first island chain. Newsweek's map shows the locations of these Japanese straits.

From Thursday to Friday, the four ships sailed through the Osumi Strait to enter the Pacific Ocean. Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer escort JS Jintsu (DE-230) ...

Japan expressed concern Monday after China and Russia held a joint naval exercise in which 10 of their warships passed through international waterways between its northern and southern islands.

A fleet of 10 naval vessels consisting of five from each country traversed the Osumi Strait, located between Kyushu and Tanegashima island, into the East China Sea, Japan’s Defense Ministry ...

The route taken by the joint Chinese-Russian patrol, through the Osumi Strait at the end of their journey, as well as through the narrow Tsugaru Strait between the main islands of Honshu and ...

The Hai Yang 25, a Chinese hydrographic survey ship, entered Japan's southwestern territorial waters in the Osumi archipelago from 6 a.m. to 7:53 a.m. on Saturday, according to the defense ...

A joint Chinese and Russian naval exercise, in which a flotilla of 10 warships completed a near circle around Japan’s main island, has been touted by the two countries as a means of ensuring ...