Japan To Deploy Missiles On Island Near Taiwan By 2031
Japan defence minister Shinjiro KoizumiJapan said the country plans to deploy surface-to-air missiles to its remote western island near Taiwan by March 2031, as regional tensions simmer. It is the first time that Japan specified a timeline for the missile deployment to Yonaguni island since it was announced in 2022. China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own and has not ruled out the use of force to "reunify" with it. […]