International Maritime Law and the Taiwan Strait

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Category: Derecho marítimo

Published on Tuesday, 24 December 2024 04:25

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In late September, the Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan’s largest circulation newspaper) reported that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer Sazanami (JS Sazanami, DD-113) had navigated north to south through the Taiwan Strait, located between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan. The vessel had transited the Taiwan Strait en route to joint multinational training exercises with the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand in the South China Sea, in what was the first instance of a JMSDF destroyer traveling through the Taiwan Strait. According to the article, the transit of the Sazanami through the Taiwan Strait was based on orders from then-Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.

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