TOKYO: Japanese and US military planes carried out a joint drill Tuesday in response to a North Korean ballistic missile launch, Japanese officials said.Japan's Joint Staff...
TOKYO: Japanese and US military planes carried out a joint drill Tuesday in response to a North Korean ballistic missile launch, Japanese officials said.Japan's Joint Staff said eight Japanese and four US fighter jets took part in the drill in airspace west of the country's Kyushu region.
The announcement came shortly after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held talks with the head of the US Indo-Pacific Command Admiral John Aquilino.'We are taking swift action,' Kishida told reporters, saying Tokyo and Washington had 'decided to conduct a joint drill', without adding details.Kishida said he would hold telephone talks with US President Joe Biden 'to reaffirm the strong coordination between the leaders of Japan and the United States.
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