Japan's Stealth Buildup of Its Coast Guard

Japan's Stealth Buildup of Its Coast Guard

Repeated incursions into Japanese territorial waters, as Tokyo defines them, is putting a severe strain on the Japanese Coast Guard, which is the agency tasked with maintaining Japan’s control over the controversial Senkaku Islands in the middle of the East China Sea, known to the Chinese as Diaoyu.

 

Normally thought of in terms of rescuing sailors in peril on the sea, the Coast Guard in recent months has, in effect, become the fourth branch of the armed forces and the first line of defense in this quasi-sea battle with boats and other sea craft from China and Taiwan.

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