A securitythreatamplifiedbytheongoingnuclearthreatposedbyNorthKoreaand a growingfearthatChinamaytrytotakecontroloflandthattheJapanesegovernmentclaimsisinherentlytheirs.
[Japanese] Japan's territorialsovereigntyextendstotheNanseiIslands, and I'm afraidthatmaybeinfringedinthefuture.
日本の領土主権は南西諸島まで及んで、今後それが侵害される可能性があるのではと恐れています。
It's forthosereasonsthatGeneralYoshihideYoshidasaysdefendingtheNanseiislandsis a toppriority.
吉田圭秀さんが「南西諸島を守るのは最優先事項です」と言うのも、そうした理由からです。
TheNanseiIslandsconsistofthese 198 islands.
南西諸島は、この198の島々で構成されています。
Since 2016, in a cleardeparturefromJapan's post-WorldWarTwopacifism, Japan's self-defenseforcehasincreaseditsfootprint, buildingbasesonAmamiOshima, Miyakojima, andYonaguni.
Hewasadoptedfrom a shelter a fewmonthsafterhewasbornonJanuary 9, 2001, whichmeansTobyKeithrecentlycelebratedhis 21stbirthday, andhe's saidtobeingoodhealth, thoughhespends a lotoftimesleeping.