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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
Politics
Yohei Kano and Chihiro Imamura / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers

FOUND: Joint exercise held amid taiwan tension | Mind Blowing Facts

Personnel of the Ground Self-Defense Force participate in a landing drill on the coast of Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Friday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Japan and the United States have wrapped up their largest joint military exercise, Keen Sword, amid an unprecedented sense of urgency, as the possibility of a real Taiwan crisis has come to the fore. The drills, conducted in the Nansei Islands, stretched from the southern tip of Kyushu to Okinawa Prefecture and included other areas.

The Self-Defense Forces are hurrying to identify lessons learned from the latest 10-day drill that concluded Saturday.

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