Against the backdrop of tensions due to China’s growing ambitions, the Japanese Navy has sent a warship through the Taiwan Strait for the first time, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Thursday, citing a source familiar with the matter. According to the report, the destroyer Sazanami traversed the narrow waterway between China and Taiwan the previous day, alongside Australian and New Zealand ships. To achieve “reunification” between Taiwan and the mainland, China has threatened to retake the self-governing democratic island republic by force if it makes any formal moves towards indepen…