U.S. and Japanese troops hold live fire drill in northern Japan

Record ID: 906410

  • Title: U.S. and Japanese troops hold live fire drill in northern Japan
  • Date: 14th August 2017
  • Summary: ENIWA CITY, JAPAN (AUGUST 14, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF JAPANESE SELF DEFENCE FORCES (JSDF) FIRING MORTARS MORTAR SHELLS STACKED/ U.S. MARINES WAITING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO FIRE MORTARS VARIOUS OF U.S. MARINES FIRING MORTARS VARIOUS OF MORTARS BEING FIRED FROM LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLES JSDF PERSONNEL TAKING DOWN NOTES U.S. MARINES ON TRAINING GROUND JSDF AND U.S. MARINES PERSO
  • Embargoed: 28th August 2017 09:30
  • Keywords: Northern Viper live fire drills U.S. and Japan military Hokkaido North Korea
  • Location: ENIWA CITY, JAPAN
  • City: ENIWA CITY, JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Topics: Defence,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016U4OHTZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The U.S. and Japanese troops held joint-live fire drills on Monday (August 14) on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido as part of the Northern Viper exercise, one of many scheduled exercises that Japan' Self Defence Forces conduct regularly with their U.S. counterparts to promote cooperation between the allies.
    The drills are not related to the latest tension on the Korean peninsula but are taking place as tensions between North Korea and the U.S. are escalating.
    The 18-day live fire exercise on the northern island of Hokkaido, which will include rocket artillery drills, runs through August 28 and will involve 3,500 troops.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2017. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register