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Japan PM Vows to Protect Disputed Islands from China

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to defend disputed islands from incursions by China, after a series of confrontations at sea.

Speaking Saturday to Japan's Self-Defense Forces stationed on the southern island of Okinawa, Mr. Abe said he would defend Japan's land, sea and air at all costs. He was apparently referring to remote islands controlled by Japan but claimed by China, called Senkaku by Tokyo and Daioyu by Beijing. China has regularly sent surveillance ships into waters near the islands, raising tensions in both countries.
In national politics, Mr. Abe met later Saturday with Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima. The two failed to reach an agreement on the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station on the island.
The governor repeated demands by the local population that the base be moved off the island. It is located in a heavily populated area of Ginowan, and residents complain of the noise made by jets and the safety of people living around the facility.

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