By HIROSHI HIYAMA
TOKYO — Japan is putting missiles on islands marking the gateway to the Pacific, officials said Thursday, as part of a huge military drill that has unsettled Beijing.
The exercise, aimed at bolstering Japan’s defense of remote islands, has already seen a launching system and a loader for Type-88 surface-to-ship missiles installed on Miyako Island, complete with two missiles.
Four more missiles were due to arrive on the main island of Okinawa later Thursday. It was not clear how long they would remain in place.
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