On Nov. 11, a Yasen-class nuclear-powered submarine passed through the Soya Strait, which separates Japan’s northernmost main ...

Japanese defense ministry officials have been monitoring a Russian Navy vessel near the southwestern prefectures of Miyazaki and Okinawa.

On Tuesday the Japanese coast guard reported four Chinese vessels transiting the contiguous zone outside Japan's territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands, Kyodo News Agency reported. The Chinese ...

Japan Coast Guard officials say Chinese ships were spotted in the contiguous zone just outside Japanese territorial waters a total of 355 days in 2024. That's three days more than a year before ...

Chinese government ships have been operating in the contiguous zone daily since April 14 for a total of 65 consecutive days, marking the longest recorded period. The previous record was 64 ...

Earlier, it was reported that Tallinn was working on plans to introduce a contiguous zone at a distance of more than 40 km from the baseline of Estonia’s territorial waters MOSCOW, January 24.

A Chinese frigate was spotted passing through the contiguous zone around the disputed Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, the government announced on July 4. This was the fourth time since June ...