Japan activates first marines since WW2 to bolster defenses against China

[jpak]

Source: CNBC

Japan on Saturday activated its first marine unit since World War Two trained to counter invaders occupying Japanese islands along the edge of the East China Sea that Tokyo fears are vulnerable to attack by China.

In a ceremony held at a military base near Sasebo on the southwest island of Kyushu, about 1,500 members of the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB) wearing camouflage lined up outside amid cold, windy weather.

"Given the increasingly difficult defense and security situation surrounding Japan, defense of our islands has become a critical mandate," Tomohiro Yamamoto, vice defense minister, said in a speech.

The troops conducted a 20-minute mock public exercise recapturing a remote island from invaders.

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[heaven05]

1. to me

it seems the world, at the instigation of idiots like trump, putin's machinations of elections and tools like trump and that n. korean chump, is ever so slowly creeping toward WAR. China a world power and Japan protected by and allied with another world power led by a damaged and truly depraved human being.

[Johnyawl]

2. China, Russia, North Korea...

...will all wake up one day and find a re-militarized and nuclear armed Japan on their doorstep. Ain't nobody gonna be happy about that. And we can count that as one of tRump's legacies.

[Hortensis]

3. Actually, IMO this one should be laid squarely at China's door.

China should not need a big-stick nation to keep them within established international boundaries.

[Johnyawl]

4. You're right, China is driving this...

...with their expansionist and imperialistic actions. Russia and North Korea are playing a role in it for their own reasons, and tRump, in his stupidity, is playing a major role in it by appearing to collapse our nuclear umbrella. smda The last thing the world needed at this point in history was for the US to elect the stupidest, most compromised man ever to the presidency.