Japan’s defence ministry denies plans to station Japanese marines at US base in Okinawa

Kyodo notes that for Japan, the deployment of such forces on Okinawa is of strategic importance

The Defense Ministry of Japan does not intend to deploy a self-defense force amphibious unit at the U.S. Marine base Camp Shwab in northeast Okinawa. This was announced by the head of the ministry, Nobuo Kishi, on Tuesday.

“We are not considering deployment by sharing [Camp Shwab base]”, –  Kyodo news agency quoted him as saying.

On Monday, the agency reported that Washington...