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Saturday, November 02, 2013

Japan launches 18-day military maneuver

Mitsubishi F-2Japan Friday began a massive 18-day military exercise, which Chinese military observers say aims to bolster its ability to block the Chinese navy's passage to the West Pacific and seize the disputed Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea.

Destroyers, fighter jets and 34,000 troops will take part in the war games in Kyushu and Okinawa.

The exercise will feature "a series of actions in defending islands" including joint operations in island landings, AFP earlier quoted Japan's defense ministry as saying.

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