It is expected that more than 4 thousand military men will take part in the maneuvers, this will be the largest exercise with the participation of American marines in Japan.
According to TASS, the purpose of the event is to increase the ability of Japan and the United States to “respond to emerging threats in East Asia,” taking into account Russia’s ongoing military special operation in Ukraine and the military strengthening of China.
Earlier, the Japanese and United States navies conducted exercises in the Sea of Japan, in which they worked out the exchange of information on the launch of a ballistic missile.
Later it became known about other maneuvers in the East China and Japan seas with the participation of the strike group of the United States Navy, led by the nuclear aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and the Japanese Armed Forces.