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Japan deploys troops to island near Taiwan
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- 16 March, 2023
- 06:07
Japan has deployed Ground Self-Defense Force units including missile squads to a remote southern island near the disputed Senkaku Islands and Taiwan, apparently in response to China’s intensifying military activities in nearby waters, Report informs referring to Japan Times.
Up to 570 GSDF members will be stationed at a newly established garrison on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, with some assigned to land-to-ship and land-to-air missile units, according to the Defense Ministry.
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