Japan, Germany air forces to further enhance defense cooperation

The chiefs of the Japanese and German air forces pledged Thursday to further enhance cooperation at a time of rising tensions in the region, with their fighter jets conducting a formation flight over Japanese skies the previous day.East Asia has seen an increasingly assertive China with tensions rising over Taiwan. Germany has been stepping up its engagement in the Indo-Pacific region, partly propelled by Beijing's actions that are deemed to be undermining the rule of law, human rights and democracy."We will deepen our collaboration and further promote efforts between the two air forces to …READ FULL ARTICLE