Japan deploys missile units on islands amid China's rise

Japan deployed ground force units including missile squads Tuesday in two southwestern islands between the East China Sea and the western Pacific where Chinese naval vessels are actively sailing.About 550 Ground Self-Defense Force members were stationed on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, nearly 400 kilometers south of the southwestern main island of Kyushu. Some of them were assigned to the land-to-air and land-to-ship missile units, the Defense Ministry said.The other was a 380-member security unit on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture, around 300 km southwest of the main isl…READ FULL ARTICLE