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Japan-U.S. disaster drill

U.S. naval personnel give first-aid treatment to mock patients with a triage tag during a Japan-U.S. joint disaster drill in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 15, 2023. The exercise simulates a powerful earthquake emanating from the prefecture's Miura Peninsula and a subsequent citywide power outage.

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Japan-France defense cooperation

A Rafale fighter from the French Air and Space Force takes part in the FASF's first-ever joint fighter jet drill with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force at the ASDF's Nyutabaru Air Base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 27, 2023.

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Japan-France defense cooperation

A Rafale fighter (front) from the French Air and Space Force takes part in the FASF's first-ever joint fighter jet drill with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force at the ASDF's Nyutabaru Air Base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 27, 2023.

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Japan-France defense cooperation

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force and the French Air and Space Force hold a ceremony marking their first-ever joint fighter jet drill at the ASDF's Nyutabaru Air Base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 27, 2023.

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Japan-France defense cooperation

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura (R) shakes hands with Gen. Stephane Mille, chief of staff of the French Air and Space Force, during a ceremony marking their first-ever joint fighter jet drill at the ASDF's Nyutabaru Air Base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 27, 2023.

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Japan-France defense cooperation

A Rafale fighter from the French Air and Space Force flies over the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Nyutabaru Air Base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 26, 2023. Two Rafale fighters will take part in the FASF's first-ever joint fighter jet drill with the ASDF.

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Japan-France defense cooperation

A Rafale fighter from the French Air and Space Force is pictured after arriving at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Nyutabaru Air Base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 26, 2023, to take part in their first-ever joint fighter jet drill.

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Japan-France defense cooperation

A Rafale fighter from the French Air and Space Force is pictured after arriving at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Nyutabaru Air Base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 26, 2023, to take part in their first-ever joint fighter jet drill.

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Japan-France defense cooperation

A Rafale fighter from the French Air and Space Force arrives at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Nyutabaru Air Base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 26, 2023, to take part in the FASF's first-ever joint fighter jet drill with the ASDF.

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Japan-France defense cooperation

A Rafale fighter from the French Air and Space Force arrives at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Nyutabaru Air Base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 26, 2023, to take part in the FASF's first-ever joint fighter jet drill with the ASDF.

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Japan-France defense cooperation

A Rafale fighter from the French Air and Space Force arrives at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Nyutabaru Air Base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 26, 2023, to take part in the FASF's first-ever joint fighter jet drill with the ASDF.

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Japan-France defense cooperation

A Rafale fighter from the French Air and Space Force arrives at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Nyutabaru Air Base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 26, 2023, to take part in the FASF's first-ever joint fighter jet drill with the ASDF.

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated October 25, 2019 shows Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, delivers remarks inside Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall during a pass in review graduation ceremony at Recruit Training Command (RTC) i Great Lakes, Illinois US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Spencer Fling via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt-China joint venture produces 1st oil rig

STORY: Egypt-China joint venture produces 1st oil rig DATELINE: July 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: various shots of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resourcesvarious of the inauguration STORYLINE: Egypt on Wednesday unveiled its first locally-produced oil rig in Ain Sokhna port in northeastern Egypt. The 2,000-horsepower automatic trailer-mounted onshore oil drilling rig was manufactured by an Egypt-China joint venture. Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El-Molla said that manufacturing diggers locally is a new and important step that enables the petroleum sector to make optimal use of its capabilities and accelerate its plans to drill wells to increase the oil production and gas resources, amid growing demand for oil. El-Mulla stressed that the digger is a model of fruitful economic cooperation between Egypt and China and a successful example of transferring manufacturing technology from China to Egypt. Meanwhile, Zhang Chaoyang, min

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U.S., Britain, S. Korea conduct joint air drill in Osan

OSAN, South Korea, Nov. 8 Kyodo - (From L) Senior officers of Britain's Royal Air Force, South Korea's Air Force and the U.S. Air Force pose for photos in front of a British Typhoon fighter jet at the U.S. Air Force Osan Air Base, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, on Nov. 8, 2016, during the first-ever joint air drill by the United States, Britain and South Korea.

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Drill held on Japan island for illegal landing, fishing

TOKYO, June 2 Kyodo - Participants arrive on Chichijima Island in the Pacific on June 2, 2015, for the first Japan Coast Guard-Metropolitan Police Department joint training drill to prevent illegal landing and fishing by foreign nationals. The drill follows an increase in Chinese vessels spotted poaching red coral since September 2014.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft joins drill with Japan's SDF in Kumamoto

YAMATO, Japan - A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft hovers above a team of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members during a joint exercise at the GSDF's Oyanohara Training Area in Yamato, Kumamoto Prefecture, in southwestern Japan on Dec. 7, 2014. It was the first Japan-U.S. drill in the Kyushu region using the Osprey aircraft.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft in drill with SDF in Kumamoto

YAMATO, Japan - Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force board an Osprey aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corps during a joint exercise at the GSDF's Oyanohara Training Area in Yamato, Kumamoto Prefecture, in southwestern Japan on Dec. 7, 2014. It was the first Japan-U.S. drill in the Kyushu region using the Osprey aircraft.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft in drill in Kumamoto with SDF

YAMATO, Japan - Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force board an Osprey aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corps during a joint exercise at the GSDF's Oyanohara Training Area in Yamato, Kumamoto Prefecture, in southwestern Japan on Dec. 7, 2014. It was the first Japan-U.S. drill in the Kyushu region using the Osprey aircraft.

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S. Korea, Japan, China hold joint disaster drill

BUSAN, South Korea - South Korean government staff conduct a disaster drill on Nov. 20, 2014, on the assumption of a nuclear power plant accident occurring near the southern port city of Busan in the first joint practice with Japan and China.

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Japan, China at U.S.-led RIMPAC 2014

HONOLULU, United States - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Adm. Yasuki Nakahata (C) and Zhao Xiaogang (R), drill director of the Chinese navy fleet, attend a press conference at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on June 30, 2014, during RIMPAC 2014, a multinational maritime exercise that takes place in and around the Hawaiian Islands. It is the first time for China to participate in the exercise held every two years.

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Chinese navy participates in RIMPAC for 1st time

HONOLULU, United States - Zhao Xiaogang (C), drill director of the Chinese navy fleet, takes questions from the press at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on June 30, 2014, during RIMPAC 2014, a multinational maritime exercise that takes place in and around the Hawaiian Islands. It is the first time for China to participate in the exercise held every two years. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Adm. Yasuki Nakahata (far R) also attends the press conference. Japan's Aegis-equipped destroyer Kirishima is seen in the back.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Aomori Pref.

MISAWA, Japan - Members of the Aomori prefectural police (R) try to assess the severity of injuries of U.S. soldiers during a joint disaster drill by local authorities and the U.S. military under the premise that a U.S. helicopter crashed and burned in Misawa, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 23, 2011. It was the first such exercise in Japan outside of Okinawa Prefecture which hosts the bulk of U.S. forces in Japan. Aomori Prefecture hosts Misawa Air Base.

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Chinese defense chief visits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (R) reviews a guard of honor at the Japanese Defense Ministry with Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2009. Japan and China agreed to deepen defense exchanges by holding a joint naval drill for search and rescue operations for the first time.

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Japan, U.S. conduct safety drills ahead of nuke carrier deployment

YOKOSUKA, Japan - U.S. Navy emergency personnel and officials from the Yokosuka city government are engaged in their first joint safety drill at the municipal office on Nov. 8 aimed to deal with possible nuclear accidents ahead of the deployment in August 2008 of a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo.

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Japan assures China joint drill with U.S., India no cause for worry

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel (fore) sails along with a U.S. Navy vessel (middle) and two Indian Navy vessels (back) in their first joint drill conducted in the Pacific Ocean 40 kilometers off Chiba Prefecture on April 16. A Japanese Foreign Ministry official said that China has no cause to worry about the ''goodwill'' joint exercise. (Pool photo)

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Japan assures China joint drill with U.S., India no cause for worry

TOKYO, Japan - An Indian Navy transport ship (fore) cruises along with U.S. Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels in their first joint drill conducted in the Pacific Ocean 40 kilometers off Chiba Prefecture on April 16. A Japanese Foreign Ministry official said that China has no cause to worry about the ''goodwill'' joint exercise. (Pool photo)

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Japan, U.S. fighters start joint drill in Fukuoka Pref.

FUKUOKA, Japan - An F-15 fighter of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force takes off an ASDF base in Tsuiki, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 6 while F-15 fighters from U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture are preparing for takeoff. A total of eight F-15 fighters are taking part in the first day of a three-day joint drill.

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3 prefectures conduct joint Mt. Fuji eruption drill

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Kanagawa, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures on Jan. 18 held their first joint disaster drill for an eruption of Mt. Fuji. Ground Self-Defense Force members (in the photo), using power shovels and other heavy machines, build ditches and dikes to alter the flow of lava.

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Japan, U.S. hold 1st joint disaster-relief drill in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - An unidentified American man is rescued by Maritime Self-Defense Force men in the first Japan-U.S. joint disaster-relief drill conduced at the U.S. Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo on Nov. 9. The drill played out a scenario in which a large number of people are injured from an explosion and subsequent fire at a U.S. military base in Japan.

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Iran agrees to give Japanese firms 1st shot at oil field

TOKYO, Japan - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh (L) and Japanese International Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma shake hands Nov. 1 after signing a joint statement. Iran formally agreed to grant Japanese oil developers the first shot at negotiating the rights to drill in Iran's largest oil field.

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Japan, Russia conduct joint drill

OFF BOSO PENINSULA, Japan - The Russian destroyer Admiral Panteleyev (front) and the Japanese destroyer Murasame (L) spray water at the Japanese vessel Hatakaze (C) in a joint search-and-rescue drill off Boso Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture, on Sept. 20. In July last year, the 6,700-ton Russian warship also took part in the first joint drill with Japan, in the northern part of the Sea of Japan.

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S. Korean destroyer makes 1st port call to Japan

SASEBO, Japan - King Kwanggaeto (front), a 3,855-ton South Korean navy destroyer, makes a first port call to the western Japan port of Sasebo on Aug. 6, after completing a joint search-and-rescue drill with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force in the East China Sea. The Japanese destroyer Shirane is seen left of the South Korean vessel in the photo.

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Japan, S. Korea ships in 1st joint naval drill

ABOARD DESTROYER SHIRANE, - Japanese destroyer Tone and two South Korean frigates sail off South Korea's Cheju Island in the first joint naval drill by the two countries on Aug. 5.

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Japan, S. Korea conduct 1st joint naval drill

ABOARD DESTROYER SHIRANE, - Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the South Korean Navy conduct a joint search-and-rescue exercise in the East China Sea off South Korea's Cheju Island on Aug. 5. Photo shows the Japanese destroyer Setoyuki (R) close behind a South Korean warship during the first joint military drill by the two countries.

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Japan, S. Korea conduct 1st joint naval drill

ABOARD DESTROYER SHIRANE, - Helicopters take off from the destroyer Shirane of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) in the East China Sea off South Korea's Cheju Island on Aug. 5. as part of joint search-and-rescue exercises with the South Korean navy. The drills, in which ships of the two countries trained in responding to a fire on a civilian vessel, were the first joint military exercises by the two countries.

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Ground, maritime, air forces hold 1st joint drill

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force troops land on Nov. 15 on the Iwojima Island from transport ship. The ground, maritime and air forces of Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) held their first-ever joint drill Nov. 15 on Iwojima Island in the Pacific south of Tokyo.airborne troops descended from C-1 transport planes, while other vessels and aircraft supported the operation around the island.

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Chinese, Lao militaries launch "Peace Train-2022" joint medical drill

STORY: Chinese, Lao militaries launch "Peace Train-2022" joint medical drill DATELINE: July 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:55 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: HEALTH/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Chinese, Lao militaries launching "Peace Train-2022" joint medical drill ceremony 2. various of the medical rescue exercises STORYLINE: The "Peace Train-2022" joint humanitarian medical rescue exercises and medical service activities between the Chinese and Lao militaries are being held in Phonhong of central Laos' Vientiane Province. The event launched on Monday marks the first time for the military medical train of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China to operate abroad and collaborate with a foreign hospital while handling medical treatment and epidemic prevention at the same time. Yu Min, director of the joint exercises on the Chinese side, told reporters on Monday that apart from the hospital train, the exercises also involve medical equipment including the negative pressure ambulance and the mobile

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Cross-regional oil spill drill held in China's Bohai Sea area

STORY: Cross-regional oil spill drill held in China's Bohai Sea area DATELINE: June 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:23 LOCATION: QINHUANGDAO, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the drill STORYLINE: The 2022 Bohai Sea oil spill emergency joint drill was held from Wednesday to Thursday in waters near Qinhuangdao City, north China's Hebei Province. The drill covers the entire process of oil spill reporting, emergency resource mobilization, oil spill monitoring, pollution containment and removal. The "decision support system for marine pollutants" was put into use for the first time by Qinhuangdao Vessel Pollution Emergency Command Center. During the cross-regional joint drill, participants from the cities of Qinhuangdao, Tangshan, Yantai and Tianjin successfully set up three defense lines for marine pollutants and set up oil booms along the shoreline. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Qinhuangdao, China. (XHTV)

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Japan-U.S. joint drill on Amami-Oshima Island

A joint drill of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Army takes place on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 1, 2021. A U.S. Army Patriot Advanced Capability-3 ballistic missile interceptor (R) was used in the regular Orient Shield drill for the first time.

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3 prefectures conduct joint Mt. Fuji eruption drill

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Kanagawa, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures on Jan. 18 held their first joint disaster drill for an eruption of Mt. Fuji. Ground Self-Defense Force members (in the photo), using power shovels and other heavy machines, build ditches and dikes to alter the flow of lava.

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Japan assures China joint drill with U.S., India no cause for wo

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel (fore) sails along with a U.S. Navy vessel (middle) and two Indian Navy vessels (back) in their first joint drill conducted in the Pacific Ocean 40 kilometers off Chiba Prefecture on April 16. A Japanese Foreign Ministry official said that China has no cause to worry about the ''goodwill'' joint exercise. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Japan assures China joint drill with U.S., India no cause for wo

TOKYO, Japan - An Indian Navy transport ship (fore) cruises along with U.S. Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels in their first joint drill conducted in the Pacific Ocean 40 kilometers off Chiba Prefecture on April 16. A Japanese Foreign Ministry official said that China has no cause to worry about the ''goodwill'' joint exercise. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Japan, Britain to hold joint fighter drill in Oct.

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) shakes hands with Air Marshal Greg Bagwell, deputy commander of operations at Air Command of Britain's Royal Air Force, ahead of their talks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2016. The two sides agreed to hold the countries' first joint fighter drill sometime in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drill with U.S. aircraft carrier held at Yokosuka base

Japan Coast Guard officers take part in a drill at a U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, on Dec. 16, 2015, simulating the discharge of cooling water containing a tiny amount of radioactive substances from the nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan. It was the first time that the U.S. vessel, which has been deployed at the port since October, had been used for the joint drill. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Joint arson drill held following suicide blaze at shinkansen

A joint arson response drill is held by East Japan Railway Co., the Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Fire Department at a JR East facility in Tokyo on July 24, 2015. The drill was conducted for the first time following a suicide fire in a shinkansen bullet train the previous month that killed the perpetrator and another passenger. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese troops join U.S.-Aussie military drill for 1st time

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops land on Fog Bay, northern Australia, during Japan's first-ever participation in a U.S.-Australia joint military drill on July 11, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese troops join U.S.-Australia military drill for 1st time

A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force member (foreground) takes his position alongside U.S. Marines during a drill at Fog Bay, northern Australia, on July 11, 2015. It was the first time for Japan to participate in a joint military drill by the United States and Australia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese troops join U.S.-Aussie military drill for 1st time

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops on reconnaissance boats prepare to land on the coast of Fog Bay, northern Australia, during Japan's first-ever participation in a U.S.-Australia joint military drill on July 11, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S.-Australia military drill starts, joined by Japan, N.Z.

A U.S. Marine Corps' Osprey transport aircraft is present at the opening ceremony for a joint military drill by the United States and Australia in Darwin, Australia, on July 5, 2015. Japanese and New Zealand forces joined the biennial drill for the first time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo