Japan to conduct island defense drill amid tension with China
This will just wind-up China to no end. They'll accuse Japan of all kinds of things, from threatening to invade China and the whole of Asia to a return to the days before World War II when the country was ruled by a military dictatorship. Even as China doubles its defense spending in all areas while threatening the sovereignty of several countries in Southeast Asia.
(Reuters) - Japan will conduct a military exercise this month to practice defending an island, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday, underscoring concern about East China Sea islands controlled by Japan but claimed by China.
The dispute over the islands, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, has raised fears of a clash between the Asian neighbors which could even drag in the United States.
Separately, China said on Wednesday it would carry out naval exercises with Russia in the East China Sea in what it called a bid to deepen military cooperation.
Japan's Defense Ministry said the island defense exercise would run from May 10 to May 27 on a small uninhabited island in the Ryukyu chain, some 600 km (375 miles) northeast of the disputed isles.
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