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              Japan PM Vows to Protect Disputed Islands from China

   Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to defend disputed islands
   from incursions by China, after a series of confrontations at sea.
   Speaking Saturday to Japan`s Self-Defense Forces stationed on the
   southern island of Okinawa, Mr. Abe said he would defend Japan`s land,
   sea and air at all costs. He was apparently referring to remote islands
   controlled by Japan but claimed by China, called Senkaku by Tokyo and
   Daioyu by Beijing. China has regularly sent surveillance ships into
   waters near the islands, raising tensions in both countries.
   In national politics, Mr. Abe met later Saturday with Okinawa Governor
   Hirokazu Nakaima. The two failed to reach an agreement on the
   relocation of U.S. Marine Corps` Futenma air station on the island.
   The governor repeated demands by the local population that the base be
   moved off the island. It is located in a heavily populated area of
   Ginowan, and residents complain of the noise made by jets and the
   safety of people living around the facility. Mr. Abe told Nakaima that
   Futenma would be moved to a less-populated coastal area, but remain on
   Okinawa as called for in an agreement reached with the United States in
   2006.
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