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Friday
, 3 December 2010, 09:32 AM |
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United
States and Japan have begun their biggest ever joint military
exercises.
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Japan
and the United States have begun their biggest ever joint
military exercises, amid growing tension in the region between
North and South Korea. More
than 44,000 Japanese and American military personnel are
taking part in the drill off Japan's southern islands.
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USS George Washington aircraft carrier is one of
the vessels taking part to this military exercises
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Forty
Japanese and 20 US warships are also involved, as are hundreds
of military aircraft. The exercises come 10 days after North
Korea shelled a South Korean island, killing four people.
The joint military exercises - codenamed "Keen Sword"
- are being held to mark the 50th anniversary of the US-Japan
alliance. The US-Japan exercises will continue until 10
December.
They are intended to be a show of solidarity between the
Pacific allies at a time of heightened tension in the region,
says the BBC's Roland Buerk in Tokyo. The drills were planned
well before North Korea shelled the South Korean island
of Yeonpyeong last month, killing two marines and two civilians.
About 50,000
US soldiers are stationed in Japan.
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