the Osumi Peninsula and Tanegashima Island.... After transiting the strait, the warships entered the

Five Chinese ships and five Russian ships on Monday last week sailed together through the Tsugaru Strait between Hokkaido and Japan's main island of Honshu into the Pacific Ocean.... " We believe this was a show of force toward Japan." The flotilla is believed to have included ships that took part in a joint drill conducted by China and Russia in the Sea of Japan in mid-October.... Both straits are international waters and foreign ships are allowed to pass through freely....

В условиях современного мира ни одна из ведущих стран мира не может обойтись без сильной армии. Конечно, не может без армии и в первую очередь без флота обойтись и такая островная держава как Япония.