Following the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s principle that “A Taiwan emergency is a Japanese emergency,” Japan will  set up an Okinawa Defense Corps to counter Beijing’s military threat.
Japan’s Defense Ministry will establish an Okinawa Defense Group in the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) as a new unit at the heart of the defense of the Nansei Islands, Japan media reported on Dec. 3.
The new unit will be deployed to the GSDF’s 15th Brigade (Naha, Okinawa) and is expected to be complete by 2027. The policy on the new Defense Force will be incorporated into the Defense Force Development Plan and approved by Cabinet before the end of 2022….