TOKYO -- A Japanese warship passed through the Taiwan Strait just days after Chinese fighter jets flew dangerously close to a Japanese plane over the Pacific Ocean, it was learned Thursday.
Travel marks the third passage by Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel

The Japanese destroyer Takanami, which passed through the Taiwan Strait on June 12. (Japan's Ministry of Defense)
TOKYO -- A Japanese warship passed through the Taiwan Strait just days after Chinese fighter jets flew dangerously close to a Japanese plane over the Pacific Ocean, it was learned Thursday.