Japan's Defense Minister Nakatani inspects parachute drill

Japan's Defense Minister Nakatani inspects parachute drill

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Defense Minister Gen Nakatani experiences a parachute drop during his inspection of the annual new year parachute drop exercise by 1st Airborne Bridge of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force at GSDF's Narashino Training Ground in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2015. The exercise was based on the assumption of regaining a captured remote island.

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