A significant maritime event has recently unfolded in the Asia-Pacific region. For the first time, a Chinese aircraft carrier, known as the Liaoning, sailed between two Japanese islands. This passage took place within Japan’s contiguous zone—a maritime area extending 24 nautical miles from the Japanese coast.

The Japanese Defense Ministry announced that the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning, accompanied by two missile destroyers, was detected navigati

A Chinese aircraft carrier entered an area near Japan's shores for the first time on Wednesday, leading Tokyo to convey its “serious concerns” to Beijing over China’s increasingly assertive military actions around Japan,