Defense paper plays up naval issue
By Zhang Yunbi | China Daily | Updated: 2012-08-01 08:06
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Personnel from Japan's Self-Defense Forces take part in a nuclear, biological and chemical weapons exercise on July 4. The exercise was held as a part of a drill for the Proliferation Security Initiative Air Interdiction Exercise "Pacific Shield 12", at New Chitose Airport in Chitose on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. Issei Kato / Reuters |
Tokyo on Tuesday released its annual defense white paper, prompting analysts to warn there are fears Japan is overemphasizing China's maritime military presence in the region.
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