Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps disclosed to news outlets on Wednesday some details about an ongoing joint exercise involving drills to practice defending remote islands.
As China becomes increasingly assertive in regional waters, the GSDF’s Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade and the Okinawa-based U.S. 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit have been conducting drills since March 4 at a GSDF facility in central Japan.
Unable to view this article?
This could be due to a conflict with your ad-blocking or security software.
Please add japantimes.co.jp and piano.io to your list of allowed sites.
If this does not resolve the issue or you are unable to add the domains to your allowlist, please see out this support page.
We humbly apologize for the inconvenience.
With your current subscription plan you can comment on stories. However, before writing your first comment, please create a display name in the Profile section of your subscriber account page.