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  • 9/26/2024
A Japanese naval ship has transited the Taiwan Strait en route to international drills in the South China Sea.
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00:00A Japanese destroyer, the JS Sazanami, has passed through the Taiwan Strait on its way
00:05to join multinational drills in the South China Sea.
00:09Ships from Australia and New Zealand also made the crossing.
00:13Such crossings irritate China, which considers the strait its internal waters.
00:18Japan's national broadcaster NHK says the transit is meant to stress freedom of navigation.

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