Japan set narrow territorial waters along straits for U.S. nukes

Japan set narrow territorial waters along straits for U.S. nukes

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken by the Maritime Self-Defense Force in May 2000 shows an intelligence-gathering vessel of the Chinese navy (front) sailing in Japanese territorial waters near the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture, while the Japanese escort vessel Sawayuki of the MSDF monitors the Chinese ship. (Photo courtesy of the Maritime Self-Defense Force)

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