Japan, US hold joint drill after North Korea missile

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 04, 2022 8:39 pm

TOKYO: Japanese and US military planes carried out a joint drill Tuesday in response to a North Korean ballistic missile launch, Japanese officials said.

Japan's Joint Staff said eight Japanese and four US fighter jets took part in the drill in airspace west of the country's Kyushu region.

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (right) shakes hands with Admiral John C. Aquilino, commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, prior to their meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on October 4, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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