Japan held drill in Nov. assuming foreign occupation of Senkakus

A drill Japan conducted in November at a remote southwestern island was conducted under the assumption that foreign forces had occupied the Senkaku Islands, a group of Japanese-administered islands claimed by China, according to several government sources.The drill involving the Self-Defense Forces, Japan Coast Guard and police took place at an uninhabited island in Nagasaki Prefecture with land features resembling Uotsuri Island, one of the islets that make up the Senkakus in the East China Sea, the sources said.Following the two-day drill from Nov. 20 on Tsutara Island in Goto, Nagasaki P…READ FULL ARTICLE