The purchase will be used to set up a military base in response to growing threats from Beijing. Source: Supplied
News.com.au: Japan purchases $215m Mageshima island to conduct military drills with US
One country has just made a very pricey purchase in response to growing threats from the Chinese government - and it won’t go down well.
The Japanese government has purchased an uninhabited island valued at 16 billion yen ($AU215 million) on the East China Sea, in response to growing threats from Beijing.
Mageshima, an 8.2sq km block of land on the Osumi Islands between Kyushi and Okinawa prefecture, hosted an important airfield for the Japanese military in the closing stages of World War II.
“It’s important to secure the site for field carrier landing practice from the viewpoint of security so we will continue to try to build a permanent facility at an early date,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said of the agreement.
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WNU Editor: This is a blunt message to China.
1 comment:
From whom did they buy it from?
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