{video} Defense officials in Japan say Chinese and Russian naval vessels have jointly passed through the Tsugaru Strait located between Japan's main island of Honshu and Hokkaido. It is the first time that Japan's defense ministry confirmed Chinese and Russian warships going through the strait simultaneously. The defense ministry says that the aircraft and vessels from the Maritime Self-Defense Force spotted a total of 10 Chinese and Russian naval ships about 110 kilometers southwest of Hokkaido's Okushiri Island in the Sea of Japan at around 8 a.m. on Monday. Five of the vessels were confirmed to belong to the ... (full story)