Chinese and Russian naval ships were seen navigating near the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture on Monday morning, the Defense Ministry has announced.
The Chinese Navy's Jiangwei II frigate entered Japan's contiguous zone southwest of Uotsuri Island in the Senkakus at around 7:44 a.m. Monday, and left the zone about six minutes later, according to the ministry, while the Russian vessel was spotted for about an hour from 7:05 a.m.
