Umimori, Guard Of Coast 海守

　　Arrogant China is desirous of taking control of the Japanese territory of Senkaku Islands, which are located in the southwest of Japan. On the islands, before the last war, more than hundreds of Japanese people used to live for processing marine products like dried bonitos and feather from albatross. Due to the outbreak of the Greater East Asian War, the residents had to give up their work. No Chinese had ever lived on the islands. Additionally there is lots of evidence to prove the validity of Japan's ownership.
　　On the other hand, China has made lots of effort to eliminate old maps of their own from Japan since the seventies, because those maps, although they were printed in China, clearly indicate Japanese sovereignty over the islands. Every one of the old maps printed in China, imported into Japan and stored in used bookstores in Japan, have been bought up by Chinese agents. Even maps stored in the National Diet Library were stolen or damaged.
　　The arrogance of China woke up lots of Japanese people, who had been sleeping under the long-lasting peace. Then, they came to know the importance of the defense of the coast. That's why a number of people, including me, joined a voluntary body, "Umimori", literally the guard of the coast. The members sometimes get together to clean up the beach, or constantly pay attention to the changes of the sea. The picture shows my membership card.

(Vocabulary)
desirous of sth (フォーマル) ＜…＞を望んで
National Diet Library〔【略】NDL〕 国立国会図書館
validity  正当性, 妥当性; (切符・文書などの) 有効性; 法的な有効性, 合法性
body [C] 団体, 組織
The American Medical Association is the doctors' main professional body. 米国医師会は医師の主要な職業団体である．