The Joint Staff of the Japanese Defense Ministry reported that two Chinese naval vessels—the Type 055 destroyer CNS Lhasa and the Type 054A frigate CNS Weifang—transited the Osumi Strait ...

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The Chinese navy destroyer Kaifeng, top, and frigate Yantai transit the Osumi Strait through Japan’s southwestern islands on June 26, in these images released the same day by the Joint Staff ...

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Two days later, a Chinese spy ship—identified by its hull number as CNS Tianlangxing—transited from the East China Sea to the Philippine Sea via the Osumi Strait, according to Japan's Joint Staff.