Japan to join 'Garuda Shield' military drills for first time

When will Kishida learn to mask up or is he someone highly resistant to BA5?

Japan also would loan the Indonesian government 43.6 billion yen ($318 million) for infrastructure projects and disaster prevention,

Indonesia is the world’s 16th largest economy, with a GDP of $1.06 trillion as of 2020.

I hope Japan is making some nice interest on it's loan. Indonesia is hardly a poor nation.

Cooperation among nations in the region is a very positive thing that benefits the region and promotes peace and security for all. Once again it is US, Japan and Australia working together, and with others, to lead the cause of peace and stability in Asia-Pacific.

Well done to all involved.

A little surprised to read that Indonesia is buying eight MV-22 Ospreys. I imagine they will want to kick the tires on US and Japanese examples at the exercise.

Osprey is a death trap

Indonesia appears to be making some very poor choices .

This war in Ukraine has become nothing but PR war now,it really do not matter who die,only trying make the other look bad Putin and Zelensky, Zelensky is catching hell for a Vogue shoot with his , Zelensky showed his true colors,by labeling American,that do not agree with American ,he will learn the hard way,the hell American can bring into his lives

Little justice league of boy scouts playing the war heroes again..

Kishida, don't be angry when the Chinese navy gets an invitation to join.

Osprey is a death trap

The Navy stopped publishing aircraft mishap rates by type model and series circa 2018 but from what I know the V-22 is far from having the worst mishap rate in the Navy / Marine Corps inventory. It went a period of time being the safest aircraft in the Navy / Marine Corps inventory. F/A-18C Hornets, AV-8B Harriers and the C-20 all have higher mishap rates per 10,000 flight hours. Surprisingly the C-20 Gulfstream, basically a high end twin engine business jet, has the highest mishap rate of any aircraft in the US Navy inventory by far, yet the USAF never crashes theirs. Different operating environments.

Sounds like most of you should live in china or maybe even Burma

The logic is rather simple, actually. If any country can claim it depends more on free and open shipping lanes than Japan, it's China. This is an area of obvious cooperation that benefits all countries in the region.

Sounds like most of you should live in china or maybe even Burma

deanzaZZRToday  08:12 am JST

Kishida, don't be angry when the Chinese navy gets an invitation to join.

Chinese navy isn't even invited to Rimpac. Please get real. And Kishida is doing far better for the world than Putin or Xi.

The logic is rather simple, actually. If any country can claim it depends more on free and open shipping lanes than Japan, it's China.

And while long standing international maritime law protects China's maritime trade globally the CCP, cough cough, "leadership" is so pathetically insecure they insist on ignoring maritime law and attempt to exclude other nations from the sea lanes China uses.