Japan is bolstering its defense of a group of East China Sea islets disputed wit...
FILE PHOTO: Japan Coast Guard vessel PS206 Houou sails in front of Uotsuri island, one of the disputed islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea August 18, 2013. REUTERS/Ruairidh Villar/File Photo
The police unit will be based on the southern island of Okinawa, which is 420 km east of the disputed outcrops, which are controlled by Japan and known as the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. Japan’s military and coastguard have boosted their postures around the disputed islands but this will be the first time the police have set up a unit in the region to help defend them, NHK said.The police agency, in a budget request for the year from next April, is asking for 159 additional officers in Okinawa and Fukuoka, another southern prefecture, to boost its capability to respond to situations on remote islands, it said.
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