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.

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,

The United States sent a military aircraft to the Taiwan Strait, near China, on Tuesday after defense officials from the two sides discussed issues in relation to the contested waterway. The U.S. Navy said a P-8A "Poseidon" maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft passed over the Taiwan Strait in international airspace.