Chinese Carrier Sails Through Waters Near Okinawa, Japan Says

Chinese Carrier Sails Through Waters Near Okinawa, Japan Says
Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning (C) participates in a military drill in the South China Sea on Jan. 2, 2017. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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TOKYO—Eight Chinese naval vessels, including an aircraft carrier, passed between islands in Japan’s southern Okinawa chain on Monday, Japan’s defense ministry said in a news release.

The ships, which included several destroyers, sailed between the main Okinawa island and Miyakojima, according to the ministry. Although there was no incursion into Japan’s territorial waters, helicopters on board the Liaoning carrier took off and landed, the ministry said.