Japan to spend millions on tiny islands 1,000 miles south of Tokyo
2016-02-04 09:31:38 source：The Guardian
February 3, 2016
"As far as China is concerned, they are mere chunks of uninhabitable rock. But for Japan, these tiny specks in the Pacific, collectively known as 'distant bird island', serve as a key economic and strategic outpost at a time of growing concern over Chinese military activity in the region.
Japan announced this week it would spend 13bn yen (£75m) to rebuild an observation post on the remote island of Okinotorishima, located about 1,000 miles south of Tokyo – a move that could reignite a long-running dispute over maritime territory between Tokyo and Beijing."
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