common sense presents: japan’s strategic challenge 25 july 2015

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Common Sense presents:Japans Strategic Challenge25 July 2015

Japan

18%18%5%5%8%21%9%6%6%5%4%5%United StatesAustraliaSouth KoreaChinaHong KongThailandSaudi ArabiaUAEQatar4 .2 trillion USDExportsImports17%18%Oil, Gas, Coal = 25%

July 25, 20152

TanegashimaYakushimaAmamiOkinawaMiyakoTokunoshimaFukueNakadoriTsushimaOgasawaraIwo JimaSenkakuIturupShikotanHabomaiKunashirHonshuKyushuShikokuHokkaido

Western Army Infantry Regiment

IshigakiYonaguni

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MiyakoIshigakiYonaguni

TanegashimaYakushimaAmamiOkinawaTokunoshimaFukueNakadoriTsushimaOgasawaraIwo JimaSenkakuIturupShikotanHabomaiKunashirHonshuKyushuShikokuHokkaido

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East Sea Fleet

Miyako Strait: 160 milesAmami Strait: 125 miles

MiyakoIshigakiYonaguni

Second Artillery Corps

TanegashimaYakushimaAmamiOkinawaTokunoshimaFukueNakadoriTsushimaOgasawaraIwo JimaSenkakuIturupShikotanHabomaiKunashirHonshuKyushuShikokuHokkaido

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MiyakoIshigakiYonaguni

Independence-class

Source: SIPRI

By Fernando Betancor