November 10.1982-U.S. and Japanese forces to conduct joint exercises for the first time
September 25 (Saigon), November 10, 1982, U.S. and Japanese forces to conduct joint exercises for the first time. ,
1982 11 10 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force with the U.S. Army's first joint combat exercises in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture exercise field.
"Tokyo Shimbun, Japan and the U.S. navy and air three services have been conducted joint exercises," the Japan-US defense system entered a new stage ".
Japan to participate in the joint exercise of about 500 people in eastern Front Army 31 Infantry Regiment; U.S. 9th Infantry Division about 200 people. U.S. Army combat troops to Japan, this is the twenty-five years after the withdrawal of the U.S. troops stationed in Japan in 1957 for the first time.
According to the "Daily News" reported that the Japanese Defense Agency said in talking about the reasons for the increase in Japan and the U.S. troops for joint training, the inhibiting effect of the Soviet Union since U.S. President Ronald Reagan took office, to obtain troops for the US-Japan joint training performance positive ; Japan Defense Agency, "in order to maintain the momentum if something happens immediately respond, in the future should actively carry out such joint exercises."
Japan Socialist Party critical of this position of the Japanese Defense Agency. Socialist Party chairman birds Tianyi Xiong said: "only that the SDF has become a part of the armed forces of the U.S. military, it will be Japan's defense system from the exclusively defensive into offensive defense. "
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