THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 14, 2023 at 17:16 JST
Ground Self-Defense Force members set up a surface-to-ship missile launcher on Miyakojima island in Okinawa Prefecture during an exercise in February 2022. (Shoma Fujiwaki)
Concerns are growing in Okinawa Prefecture that it could become embroiled in military conflict as the Self-Defense Forces bolster missile deployment in the sprawling southwestern Nansei Islands against a more assertive China. [Read More]
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