Japan is strengthening its defenses amid growing pressure from China

The government has begun building a “missile archipelago” across the Ryukyu Islands near Taiwan.

According to Bloomberg, this is Japan’s largest military expansion in decades and a direct response to China’s increasing assertiveness.

Tokyo is deploying new units and F-35 fighters to Kyushu and reinforcing its presence on Okinawa — an island that could be among the first targets if a conflict over Taiwan erupts.

Chinese and Japanese officials have repeatedly traded sharp statements in recent months.

And over the weekend, a Chinese fighter reportedly locked its radar onto Japanese aircraft — an action Tokyo viewed as a dangerous provocation.