South Korea Condemns Japanese Patrol Flight Over Ship as ‘Provocation’

South Korean Defense Ministry, USS Nimitz (3rd L), USS Ronald Reagan (2nd L) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (L) conducting operations with South Korea's destroyers during a joint naval drill in East Sea, South Korea, on Nov. 12, 2017. South Korean Defense Ministry/Getty Images

SEOUL—A Japanese patrol aircraft made an “intimidating” pass over a South Korean warship on Jan. 23, in what South Korea’s military said was a “clear provocation” toward a friendly neighbor.