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JSDF-U.S. Marines joint drill

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps personnel get out of an armored vehicle during the "Resolute Dragon" joint drill on Oct. 29, 2023, at Hijudai artillery range in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Japanese SDF equipment

File photo taken Oct. 29, 2023, shows Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Type 16 mobile combat vehicles, seen during the "Resolute Dragon" Japan-U.S. joint drill at Hijudai artillery range in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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U.S. Marines exercise in Oita

OITA, Japan - U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa Prefecture conduct live fire drills at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Hijudai artillery range in Oita Prefecture on Feb. 9, 2011.

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U.S. Marines exercise in Oita

OITA, Japan - U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa Prefecture conduct live fire drills at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Hijudai artillery range in Oita Prefecture on Feb. 9, 2011.

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(2)Japan, U.S. hold joint military drills

OITA, Japan - A U.S. marine (R) briefs Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members on how to use military equipment at the Hijudai maneuvering ground in Oita Prefecture on Nov. 13. The drills were open to the press.

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U.S. Marine commander pleased with live-fire drills

Lt. Col. David Kelly, commander in charge of the nine-day live-fire drills that ended Feb. 12, expresses his satisfaction with the drills at a press conference on Feb. 20. It was the first time for the U.S. Marines to conduct live-fire drills at the Hijudai artillery range in Oita Prefecture. The drills were previously held at Camp Hansen in Okinawa.

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10,300 protest U.S. live-fire drills in Oita

An estimated 10,300 people on Jan. 31 protest against the scheduled Feb. 7-17 U.S. live-shell firing drills at the Hijudai artillery range in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The riverside protest rally was held in the town of Kusu. Among the organizers was the Oita arm of the eight-million-strong Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo).

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U.S. Marine commander pleased with live-fire drills

Lt. Col. David Kelly, commander in charge of the nine-day live-fire drills that ended Feb. 12, expresses his satisfaction with the drills at a press conference on Feb. 20. It was the first time for the U.S. Marines to conduct live-fire drills at the Hijudai artillery range in Oita Prefecture. The drills were previously held at Camp Hansen in Okinawa. ==Kyodo

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U.S. marines visit handicapped children

BEPPU, Japan - Members of the U.S. Marine Corps stationed in Okinawa sing before physically and mentally disabled children in a visit to their school in the southwestern city of Beppu, Oita Prefecture, on Feb. 1, prior to drills at the Hijudai firing range in the prefecture from Feb. 3.

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U.S. Marines exercise in Oita

OITA, Japan - U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa Prefecture conduct live fire drills at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Hijudai artillery range in Oita Prefecture on Feb. 9, 2011. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Marines exercise in Oita

OITA, Japan - U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa Prefecture conduct live fire drills at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Hijudai artillery range in Oita Prefecture on Feb. 9, 2011. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan, U.S. hold joint military drills

OITA, Japan - A U.S. marine (R) briefs Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members on how to use military equipment at the Hijudai maneuvering ground in Oita Prefecture on Nov. 13. The drills were open to the press. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Marines begin live-fire drills in Oita Pref.

OITA, Japan - U.S. Marines begin live-fire drills at Hijudai artillery range in Oita Prefecture on Feb. 3 as local residents observe from a nearby hill.

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14,000 people protest U.S. live-fire drills in Oita

OITA, Japan - Local people gather in Kusu, Oita Prefecture, in southwestern Japan on Jan. 30 to protest U.S. live-fire drills scheduled to start Feb. 3 at the nearby Hijudai artillery range. Rally organizers said some 14,000 people joined the event, attended chiefly by labor unionists, to call for the reorganization and reduction of U.S. military bases in Japan.

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10,300 protest U.S. live-fire drills in Oita

An estimated 10,300 people on Jan. 31 protest against the scheduled Feb. 7-17 U.S. live-shell firing drills at the Hijudai artillery range in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The riverside protest rally was held in the town of Kusu. Among the organizers was the Oita arm of the eight-million-strong Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo). ==Kyodo