Japan Holds High-Level Meeting to Discuss the Chinese Regime Threat Amid Joint Military Drill With USA and France
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As Japan, the United States, and France are conducting joint military exercises, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) held a high-level meeting on May 12 to discuss how to tackle the threat of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The senior management of the LDP, representing both the national defense and the security ministry, discussed various situations at the Senkaku Islands (also known as Diaoyu), the South China Sea, and the Taiwan Strait.
The topics of the meeting were revealed by Takao Toshikawa, a well-known Japanese political and economic commentator, in an Japanese article entitled “Europe Joins Japan, U.S., Australia, and India in ‘Deterrence Strategy Against China’ Its Deep Implications for the Senkaku Islands.”
Japan Holds High-Level Meeting to Discuss the Chinese Regime Threat Amid Joint Military Drill
As Japan, the United States, and France are conducting joint military exercises, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) held a high-level meeting on May 12 to discuss how to tackle the threat of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The senior management of the LDP, representing both the national defense and the security ministry, discussed various situations at the Senkaku Islands (also known as Diaoyu), the South China Sea, and the Taiwan Strait.
The topics of the meeting were revealed by Takao Toshikawa, a well-known Japanese political and economic commentator, in an Japanese article entitled “Europe Joins Japan, U.S., Australia, and India in ‘Deterrence Strategy Against China’ Its Deep Implications for the Senkaku Islands.”
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French, Japanese and U.S. troops advance after disembarking from a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter at the Kirishima training area straddling Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures on May 15. (Sunao Gushiken)
France for the first time joined Japan-U.S. joint ground exercises being staged in southwestern Japan to simulate regaining control of remote islands from enemy forces.
The military drills reflect growing concern about Beijing’s assertiveness in the South and East China seas.
News media representatives on May 15 were allowed to watch Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force, joined by U.S. Marines and French troops, simulate ways to regain territory at the GSDF Kirishima training area straddling Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures.
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French army soldiers walk into a Chinook helicopter during a joint military drill between Japan Self-Defense Force, French army and U.S. Marines, at the Kirishima exercise area in Ebino, Miyazaki prefecture, southern Japan Saturday, May 15, 2021. (Charly Triballeau/Pool Photo via AP) May 15, 2021 - 5:26 AM
KIRISHIMA TRAINING AREA, Japan (AP) â Dozens of Japanese, American and French troops landed amid pouring rain from a CH-47 transport helicopter onto a grassy field at a training area in southern Japan, part of Saturday s joint scenario of defending a remote island from an enemy invasion.
The three nationsâ first joint drills on Japanese soil â dubbed âARC21â and which began Tuesday â come as they seek step up military ties amid growing Chinese assertiveness in the region.