A Newsweek map illustrates the ships' routes that took them past some of the region's most strategic waters.
Japan has been closely monitoring Russian and Chinese naval vessels this week as they navigated strategic East Asian waterways.A map created by Newsweek using data released Thursday by the Japan Joint Staff illustrates the movements of these ships along the strategic belt of islands and archipelagoes known as the 'First Island Chain.
Newsweek reached out to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Russian Ministry of Defense, and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs with written requests for comment.Japan also tracked a pair of Chinese warships this week as they plied waters between Taiwan and Japan's outlying Okinawa Prefecture.
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