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Japan and the US kick off joint drills around islands as regional tensions rise
Stuff NZ
October 19, 2026
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Seven other nations from the Indo-Pacific region and Europe are also taking part in some elements of the exercises, five of them — France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the Philippines.
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