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Japan Ups Defense Posture To Counter Aggressive Chinese Claims In East China SeaBy James Patterson 08/24/19 AT 9:54 PMAs China continues to flex its muscles in the Pacific Rim, Japan is responding by changing its defense strategy with expanded air force and coast guard bases in Okinawa, also home to a large American troop force and the largest U.S. air base in the Asia-Pacific region.In what has become an everyday activity, the Chinese provoke Japan in some manner with their coast guard vessels, armed fishing boats or by the air. Japan reacts by scrambling fighter jets and sending in coast guard vessels to ward off the intruders. Some have called this a high stakes game of “chicken†and have observed that the aerial and maritime provocations are becoming more intense.The disputes appear to be in part over five small uninhabited islands under Japanese control, called the Diaoyu by China. Japan calls them the Senkakus islands. They are located east of Okinawa at the halfway point between Okinawa and Taiwan.Read more at: https://www.ibtimes.com/japan-ups-defense-posture-counter-aggressive-chinese-claims-east-china-sea-2817481
