Japan GSDF Vehicles Arrive at New Okinawa Camp

A Self-Defense Forces vehicle arrives on Sunday morning at a facility that will be the Ground Self-Defense Force’s Ishigaki Camp in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture.
15:03 JST, March 5, 2023
NAHA — Dozens of vehicles began entering a facility on Okinawa Prefecture’s Ishigaki Island, ahead of its opening as a Ground Self-Defense Force camp later this month.
At about 7:40 a.m. Sunday, vehicles that had been unloaded at Ishigaki Port headed via public roads to the facility in Ishigaki City, about 10 kilometers away. About 30 people, mainly local residents, gathered near the port to protest the deployment of the Self-Defense Forces. Riot police belonging to the Okinawa prefectural police guarded the area.
The camp will host a unit to guard the area and a missile company, and be equipped with type 12 surface-to-ship missiles and type 03 medium-range surface-to-air missiles.
The Defense Ministry has seting up GSDF camps to strengthen the defense system of the Nansei Islands. It established a camp on Yonaguni Island in 2016, and one each on Miyako Island and Kagoshima Prefecture’s Amami Oshima Island in 2019. The Ishigaki Camp is the final such facility.
"Politics" POPULAR ARTICLE
-
Ishiba Pledges to Boost Japan’s Investment in U.S. to $1 Trillion; Trump Says Meeting with Nippon Steel Execs Scheduled
-
Farm Ministry Eases Rules for Release of Stockpiled Rice; Govt Criticized for Slow Response to Soaring Prices
-
LDP Money Scandal Hits Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly; Ruling Party Worries Over Effect On Summer Elections
-
Noda Questions Ishiba on Corporate Donations, Surname System; Disclosure Not Prohibition, PM says
-
Japan Intends to Boost Defense Capabilities on Yonaguni Island; Area Set to Deploy Ballistic Missile Countermeasures
JN ACCESS RANKING