Japan to deploy patrol ships on remote island south of Tokyo

The Japan Coast Guard is planning to deploy patrol ships on a small island about 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, with the aim of strengthening the capability of cracking down on illegal foreign fishing boats, a government official said Wednesday.Under the plan, an undecided number of patrol boats will be deployed on Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands within a few years, while a shooting training range for coast guard personnel will be constructed by the fall of next year on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture.Given that about 30 percent of Japan's exclusive economic zones originate from t…READ FULL ARTICLE