Defense Minister Hamada visited the Ground Self-Defense Force garrison established on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, and confirmed his intention to take all doable precautions and surveillance with China in thoughts, which is intensifying actions across the Senkaku Islands.
About 570 members belong to the Ground Self-Defense Force’s Ishigaki Garrison, which was opened on the sixteenth of final month to strengthen the protection of the Nansei Islands, and anti-ship missiles and anti-aircraft missiles are deployed.
On the 2nd, a ceremony was held to commemorate the opening of the ability, and Minister of Defense Hamada instructed, “The impeccable defense system of the Nansei Islands, including Ishigaki Island, rests on the shoulders of the members.”
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