Japan, U.S. jointly monitor Chinese submarines in West Pacific

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's ocean observation station (L, foreground) at the U.S. White Beach naval base in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is pictured from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 9, 2015. Kyodo has learned that Tokyo and Washington are jointly operating a sound surveillance system at the station to detect Chinese submarines in West Pacific waters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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