Japan wants to hire guards for contested islands also claimed by China cnn.com

(CNN) Japan's National Police Agency has asked the government to pay for more than 100 police officers to guard the country's remote territories, including a group of contested islands that are also claimed by China.
In its budget for the 2020 financial year, the agency requested funds for 159 officers to guard "remote islands," including the Senkakus, known as the Diaoyu Islands in China.
The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea are fiercely contested by China and Japan.
"China's position on the Diaoyu (islands) issue is clear and consistent," China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Geng Shuang said Tuesday.
"We hope that our two sides will follow the spirit of the four-principled consensus, earnestly strengthen crisis management and jointly uphold peace and stability in the East China Sea."