On Thursday the JSO issued a release stating at 1 a.m. that day PLAN cruiser CNS Lhasa (102) and fleet oiler CNS Kekexilihu (903) had been sighted sailing northeast in an area 60 km southwest of Tsushima and subsequently sailed northeast through the Tsushima Strait into the Sea of Japan. Multipurpose support ship JS Amakusa (AMS-4303) and a JMSDF P-1 MPA from Fleet Air Wing 4 shadowed the PLAN ships, according to the release.