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| Tango01 | 18 Apr 2014 10:28 p.m. PST |
…China tension. "Japan is sending 100 soldiers and radar to its westernmost outpost, a tropical island off Taiwan, in a deployment that risks angering China with ties between Asia's biggest economies already hurt by a dispute over nearby islands they both claim. Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera will break ground on Saturday for a military lookout station on Yonaguni, which is home to 1,500 people and just 150 km (93 miles) from the disputed Japanese-held islands claimed by China. The mini-militarization of Yonaguni – now defended by two police officers – is part of a longstanding plan to improve defense and surveillance in Japan's far-flung frontier…"
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| Mako11 | 19 Apr 2014 4:19 p.m. PST |
Makes sense, if they want to keep them. China is already angry, about everything, so no need to really worry, since they can continue to be so…….. |
| Ron W DuBray | 19 Apr 2014 6:01 p.m. PST |
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| Maxshadow | 19 Apr 2014 7:36 p.m. PST |
Their land. Good luck to them. |
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