Japan to fabricate military site close debated Senkaku islands

Safeguard Minister Itsunori Onodera at function denoting the begin of development on the radar site on Yonaguni Island, 19 April Defense Minister Onodera recommended Japan may station troops on different islands

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Japan has started development deal with a military radar station close to a series of islands that is at the core of a regional debate with China.

Reporters say the move will outrage Beijing as it may permit Japan to extend observation close to the Chinese territory.

The new build - in light of Yonaguni island - is placed only 150km (90 miles) from the Japanese-held Senkaku island assembly, asserted by China as the Diaoyu islands.

Something like 150 faculty are because of be conveyed on Yonaguni inside two years.

Throughout a service to check the begin of task, Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera recommended his nation's military vicinity could be stretched out to different islands in the district.

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"This is the first organization since the US returned Okinawa [in 1972] and calls for us to be all the more on gatekeeper are developing," Mr Onodera told columnists.

"I need to assemble an operation fit to appropriately protect islands that are a piece of Japan's domain."

Strains between Japan and China rose a year ago, in the wake of Beijing forced an Air Defense Identification Zone above debated islands in the East China Sea - including the Senkakus.

The move was additionally denounced by the US.

A few nations case contending sway over islands, reefs and shores in the South China Sea.