CHINA-RUSSIA-JAPAN: MILITARY EXERCISES
Japan's public broadcasting service NHK was quoted by 'WantChina Times' on May 1, as saying that Russia and China will conduct 2-week long joint navy exercises in the waters off the Daioyutai (Senkaku) Islands in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture. 20 ships will participate in the exercises. Japan's Ground Self Defence Force has decided to respond by conducting military amphibuous exercises of its own involving 1000 military personnel. |