Chinese navy arrives in Sea of Japan just as Tokyo deploys long-range missiles

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As Tokyo was completing the deployment on Tuesday of its two Type 25 missiles targeting China, a Chinese naval fleet entered the Sea of Japan, while bilateral tensions continued to escalate.China has strongly protested the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force’s addition of the newly designated Type 25 long-range surface-to-ship guided (SSM) missile and hypervelocity gliding projectiles (HGP).The deployments were an example of “neo-militarism in Japan, which has become more than just a perilous...