Japan Mulls Sending Soldiers To The Disputed Senkaku Islands

Japan Considers Sending Troops To Disputed Islands -- The Telegraph

Japan is considering sending troops to be stationed near the disputed island chain that is at the heart of on-going tensions with China.

The defence ministry was reported to have asked for a budget to study the possibility of stationing troops in Japan's southwestern island chains, which include the islands at the centre of the recent row with China.

Such a move is unlikely to improve increasingly tense relations between Japan and China since the arrest of a Chinese fishing captain earlier this month in the East China Sea region.

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