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Japan to expand Okinawa-based ground force unit amid China threat

autotldr says:
December 3, 2022 at 3:32 pm
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/12/920eaa7f46c8-japan-to-expand-okinawa-based-ground-force-unit-amid-china-threat.html) reduced by 83%. (I’m a bot)
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> Japan is considering expanding an Okinawa-based ground force unit to defend remote southwestern islands and prepare for a contingency involving Taiwan in the face of China's increasing assertiveness, a government source said Saturday.
> The brigade's mission includes defending the Senkaku Islands, a group of East China Sea islets administered by Japan but claimed by China.
> Upgrading the brigade's highest rank to general is intended to strengthen cooperation between Japan and the United States, as the title would be equivalent to commanding general of the U.S. Marine Corps' III Marine Expeditionary Force, also based in Okinawa.
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