Well, this is certainly interesting: Japan is considering using a civil airfield in the Ryukyu islands to base F-15s, because those based on Okinawa are too far away. The planes would be stationed on Shimojijima Island, which is much closer to the Japan-administered Senkakus, which China claims as the Diaoyu, than to Okinawa’s prefectural capital...
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New Minister and a Change of Pace at Ichigaya
Incoming Defense Minister Onodera's foreign policy background and Ichigaya's new breeze of life over the New Year.
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