Japan is preparing to launch a major war games exercise today, in a calculated move to bolster its defences amid rising regional tensions.
An estimated 34,000 Self-Defence Force troops, accompanied by destroyers and F-2 fighter jets, are scheduled to take part in the large-scale exercise, which will run until November 18.
Drills will take place on air, sea and land, with exercises including live firing and amphibious landings and trial scenarios enacting how troops can best defend an island under attack.
At the same time, the Japanese government is also launching a global PR campaign, asserting its claims to two archipelagos disputed by China, South Korea and Taiwan with the release of on-line videos in ten languages.
The war games were signed off by Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, who has made a point of taking an increasingly hawkish stance in relation to decades-long territorial disputes since coming to power last December.
Credit ti the Telegraph
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