[HIGHLIGHTS] Five Chinese Navy ships circumnavigating Japan Confirmed navigation across Sakishima Islands Ministry of Defense

Five Chinese ships have sailed around the Japan Islands. The five ships passed through the East China Sea and the Sakishima Islands.

This is the first time that a Chinese ship has sailed this way in more than a year. The ships are currently in the middle of the Sakashima Islands, about 60 kilometers west of the main island of Honshu, Japan. The mission is expected to last for a few days before the ships return to their home port of Yokosuka, Japan, where they will refuel.