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The Japanese government said it was closely monitoring Russian military activity after agencies reported that Russia had conducted tests on submarine-launched missiles in the Sea of ​​Japan, BTA reported.

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This is the latest Russian military exercise off the coast of Japan since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine.

The missile tests came a day after the US Navy's Seventh Fleet and Japan's Naval Self-Defense Forces announced they would conduct joint naval exercises in the Sea of ​​Japan.

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Russia's TASS news agency reported that two diesel submarines from the Russian Pacific Fleet successfully fired Caliber cruise missiles against a surface target during an exercise today.

The target of the attack simulated an enemy ship.

More than 15 Pacific Fleet ships and aircraft took part in the exercise.

Caliber cruise missiles are designed to fly at subsonic speeds and can hit targets up to 2,000 kilometers away, TASS notes.

"Russia is escalating its military activity by deploying state-of-the-art equipment and conducting exercises and training around Japan," said Japanese Secretary-General Hirokazu Matsuno.

He added that Japan was closely monitoring Russian activity, but declined to give further details, saying he "would reveal Japan's ability to gather information".

At the end of March, Russia held large-scale military exercises on the islands claimed by Japan, in which 3,000 troops took part, and this provoked a protest from Tokyo.

The dispute over the islands Moscow took over at the end of World War II has prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty to officially end the war.

Apparently in response to Japanese sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has announced it is suspending peace talks with Tokyo.

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