The Japan Self-Defense Forces recently conducted operations designed to safeguard distant regions, a report broadcast by the television network TBS.
The focus was Tokunoshima, a remote岛 island described by the outlet as strategically isolated. The scenario envisioned Marines landing on the shoreline, clearing the area of an imagined adversary, and then restoring secure control over the surrounding zones.
The exercise featured Yoshihide Yoshida, the Chief of Staff of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, taking part in the activities alongside the troops.
Earlier, Japan initiated a set of joint training drills with Britain. The exercises were titled the Vigilant Islands and marked the largest level of military cooperation between the two nations since the security pact came into effect.
The training program spans four prefectures across Japan and is scheduled to run through late November, with participants expanding over the years. In 2022, about 80 soldiers from the United Kingdom joined the drills, and the number grew in the subsequent year as part of this growing collaborative effort.
There had been prior public discussion in China regarding American military support to Taiwan, a topic repeatedly addressed in international security discourse.