Japan will increase military presence in the disputed with China Diaoyu Island (Senkaku)
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The TASS news agency, citing Japanese publications, reports that Tokyo is sending additional warships to the area of the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu), which are disputed territories with China. According to TASSTokyo plans to increase the number of patrol ships near the islands to 12. To date, the waters around Diaoyu patrol 6 Japanese ships.
The total number of Japanese national self-defense forces involved in the patrol of the naval square, in which the disputed islands are located, will be brought to 650. China, the intentions of the Japanese side is unlikely to leave unanswered. Previously, conflicts have already occurred close to the disputed islands, and the parties were accused of provoking each other.
In addition to plans to increase the number of patrol ships at Senkaku (Diaoyu), the leadership of Japan’s self-defense forces talks about plans to deploy military contingent on Miyako Island (600 troops) with simultaneous state registration of 280 islands under Japanese jurisdiction. The military group will also be deployed on the island of Ishigaki (Okinawa Prefecture).
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