Japan's defense minister says his country will deploy surface-to-air missiles on its Yonaguni Island. The island sits just over 100 kilometers east of Taiwan.
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00:00Japan's defense ministry says it is planning to deploy surface-to-air missile units on
00:04Yonaguni Island to counter China's military threat.
00:08Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani Gen made the announcement during a visit to a military
00:12base on the island.
00:14Yonaguni is Japan's westernmost island and it lies just 108 kilometers from Taiwan's
00:19east coast.
00:20Japan says it scrambled jets on Wednesday in response to an unpiloted Chinese aircraft
00:25that flew between Yonaguni and Taiwan.