Japan, U.S., South Korea hold maritime exercise in East China Sea

Japan, the United States and South Korea held a joint exercise in the East China Sea, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force said Friday, in an apparent effort to enhance deterrence against China and North Korea.The two-day exercise from Thursday, involving a U.S. carrier strike group led by the nuclear-powered Theodore Roosevelt, took place as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is visiting the United States for talks with President Joe Biden.It was the first trilateral training exercise for Washington and its two East Asian security allies in the East China Sea, where Beijing has been intensif…READ FULL ARTICLE