The US will arrange a fast response unit of the Marine Corps in Okinawa Prefecture for the protection of distant islands in southwestern Japan, Japanese and U.S. diplomatic sources mentioned Monday.
A Marine Littoral Regiment, or MLR, can be established inside just a few years as a part of realignment of the Marine Corps within the prefecture, in response to the sources, amid China’s intensifying navy actions within the East China Sea.
The U.S. authorities has already knowledgeable Japan’s authorities concerning the plan. The reorganization can be introduced throughout a “two-plus-two” safety assembly in Washington on Jan. 11, the sources mentioned.
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