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The United States will set up a rapid reaction unit of the Marine Corps in Okinawa Prefecture for the defense of remote islands in southwestern Japan, Japanese and U.S. diplomatic sources have said.
A Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) will be established within a few years as part of a realignment of the Marine Corps in the prefecture, the sources said Monday, amid China's intensifying military activities in the East China Sea.
The United States wants to have the Okinawa MLR ready by 2026, arming them with missiles and lighter gear, the Yomiuri Shimbun also reported.
The plan is expected to be brought up at a "two-plus-two" security meeting involving the foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States, which be held in Washington on Wednesday, the sources added.
During those talks, the two sides also plan to agree on including outer space within the remit of Article 5 of their bilateral security agreement, as Japan seeks to prevent attacks on its satellites amid an increasing need to use them for monitoring and gathering information on the military movements of other countries, the sources said.
Article 5 states Washington will defend territories under Tokyo's administration from armed attack.
www.japantimes.co.jp
A Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) will be established within a few years as part of a realignment of the Marine Corps in the prefecture, the sources said Monday, amid China's intensifying military activities in the East China Sea.
The United States wants to have the Okinawa MLR ready by 2026, arming them with missiles and lighter gear, the Yomiuri Shimbun also reported.
The plan is expected to be brought up at a "two-plus-two" security meeting involving the foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States, which be held in Washington on Wednesday, the sources added.
During those talks, the two sides also plan to agree on including outer space within the remit of Article 5 of their bilateral security agreement, as Japan seeks to prevent attacks on its satellites amid an increasing need to use them for monitoring and gathering information on the military movements of other countries, the sources said.
Article 5 states Washington will defend territories under Tokyo's administration from armed attack.
U.S. Marines to set up unit in Okinawa for defense of remote Japanese islands
The rapid-reaction Marine Littoral Regiment will be established within a few years as part of a bid to deter China as it intensifies military activities in the East China Sea.
