Japan Warships Loaded Missile Joins US Navy to intercept China ship entering Senkaku Islands
The U.S. and Japan have kicked off computer-based naval drills focused on ballistic missiles defense days after Chinese vessels entered Japanese waters near a disputed island chain, raising tensions in East Asia as President Joe Biden works to create unified China and North Korea strategies with regional American allies.
The drills come days after Chinese coast guard vessels entered Japanese territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands—known in China as the Diaoyu Islands—of which both Tokyo and Beijing claim ownership.
ncreasing Chinese assertiveness in regional territorial disputes is one of Biden’s most pressing issues as he builds a strategy to contain Beijing while trying to encourage the Chinese Communist Party to act as a responsible stakeholder in the U.S.-crafted international system.
