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The US and Japanese reactionaries are running amok with war games on the pretext of “defense”.

The US Marine Corps and the Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force staged again the Iron Fist joint military drill in simulation of the "defense of far-off solitary islands" in Kyushu and Okinawa prefectures of Japan on February 19.

Involved in the drill, which has been conducted in succession for three years, are about 4 000 personnel, the largest ever.

The US and Japanese warmongers are trying to justify their aggressive war drill, claiming that it is aimed at preventing war and integrated capacity would serve as a deterrent in the region.

After members of an amphibious corps of the Japanese Ground SDF and the US Marine Corps arrived on a coast on board reconnaissance boats on March 1, amphibious vehicles of the amphibious corps and landing crafts of the US and Japan made a landing in succession. Such scenes were opened to the public, revealing that the current military drill is aimed at aggression.

The military moves of the US and Japanese warmongers, who expand and intensify war games of strong aggressive character year after year, further exacerbate tension in the Asia-Pacific region and arouse the wariness and opposition of regional countries.