TOKYO: Japan has carried out its first submarine drill in the South China Sea, local media said on Monday, a move that could provoke Beijing which claims most of the disputed waters.

The anti-submarine drill was conducted on Thursday in the South China Sea to "improve strategic techniques," the defense ministry said in a short statement.

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