Map Shows Chinese Navy Ships Heading for Possible Russia Meet. ... The Sea of Japan—known in the two Koreas as the East Sea—is home to commercial and strategic sea lines shared by five nations.

The Liaoning has been tracked underway since late May, operating in the East China Sea and transiting the Miyako Strait—a key waterway in the First Island Chain—toward the Philippine Sea.It ...

Further south, the ban applies to parts of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea from May 1 to September 16, while about half the South China Sea is covered by the moratorium from May 1 to August 16.