What are the steps involved in creating a Java thread?

The steps for creating Java threads are as follows:

1. Create a class that implements the Runnable interface, which includes the code logic that the thread will execute.
2. Instantiate a class that implements the Runnable interface to create a Runnable object.
3. Create a Thread object and pass the Runnable object created in step 2 as an argument to the constructor of Thread.
4. Call the start() method of the Thread object to initiate the thread.
5. The thread starts executing the code logic implemented in step 2.

It is worth noting that in Java, threads can also be created by extending the Thread class. The process is similar, but it involves inheriting the Thread class and overriding the run() method to define the code logic that the thread will execute.