In first, MSDF joins joint military exercise simulating ‘threat to Japan’s existence’

The Maritime Self-Protection Drive has performed a army drill to cope with a doable state of affairs that poses a “menace to Japan’s existence” as outlined by the nation’s nationwide safety legal guidelines, Protection Minister Nobuo Kishi revealed Monday, amid China’s ongoing army workout routines round self-ruled Taiwan.

It was the primary time Japan had performed a army train that ran the gamut, beginning with recognizing the state of affairs as one which threatens the nation’s existence and ending with tackling the state of affairs by the usage of power, Kishi instructed a information convention.