Starting today until October 29th, the US, Japan and other countries will hold so-called “sharp sword” joint exercises centered around Japan's Kyushu and the Southwest Islands. The exercise will expand to new fields such as space, networks, and electromagnetic waves, and is the largest in history. As part of the so-called “exercise of the 'ability to attack enemy bases' in the event of an emergency,” the long-range missile “Type 25 surface-to-ship missile,” which the Japanese Self-Defense Forces completed deployment at the end of March, will be deployed for the first time in an area other than the deployment site. According to reports, about 45,000 people from Japan's Self-Defense Forces and 12,000 from the US military participated this year. In addition to Australia and Canada, which have participated in the exercises before, five first-time performing countries, including France, Germany, and the Netherlands, will also participate in some of the exercises.

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