Japan vessel joins Australia and New Zealand in its first Taiwan Strait transit

By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-09-26 02:48:04 | Updated at 2024-09-30 17:17:51 4 days ago
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The Japanese destroyer Sazanami. Photo: AFP

A Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force vessel sailed through the Taiwan Strait for the first time on Wednesday, Japanese media is reporting. The move is likely to anger Beijing.

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The Japanese destroyer Sazanami “conducted the transit” in the company of vessels from the Australian and New Zealand navies through the narrow waterway between mainland China and the island of Taiwan, according to the Kyodo news agency.

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