Japan army to monitor Chinese ships

Latest moves by Tokyo pose a serious threat to bilateral relations

BEIJING - Tokyo's further military deployment on islands near China may again raise contentious issues in its relations with Beijing, according to foreign media and analysts.

Japan's Nikkei Business Daily reported on Sunday that Tokyo will send 100 members of the Ground Self-Defense Force, Japan's equivalent of the army, to Yonaguni in Okinawa prefecture as early as 2014.