Editorial

14:30 JST, September 21, 2025

China has acquired military capabilities that threaten peace across the entire Asia-Pacific region. This sense of crisis likely led to the implementation of the largest-ever Japan-U.S. joint exercise.

It is vital to conduct practical exercises repeatedly and enhance joint response capabilities.

Resolute Dragon, the joint exercise between the U.S. Marine Corps and the Ground Self-Defense Force, is being held in eight prefectures from Hokkaido to Okinawa from Sept. 11 to Sept. 25. About 19,000 personnel from both nations are reportedly participating.

Primarily focused on training to recapture remote islands, the exercise was first held in 2021.

In Hokkaido, the focus of this year’s drill is primarily on anti-ship training. In........

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