TOKYO - Three Chinese naval vessels and a China Coast Guard ship passed through the Osumi Strait off Kagoshima Prefecture into the Pacific Ocean, Japan's Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
It is the first time the ministry has announced that a China Coast Guard vessel accompanied a Chinese navy vessel through a strait near Japan.
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