But the training environment at Hijudai Manuvering Area has similar terrain to what troops would experience if war broke out in Japan’s southern islands. That includes the Senkaku islands – an ...

The drill site was set up to resemble a remote island to ... addition to the Hijudai Maneuver Area, the Jumonjibaru Proving Grounds, also in Oita Prefecture, were used. A Japan Ground Self-Defense ...

A U.S. Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion large transport helicopter is seen during the "Iron Fist" Japan-U.S. joint exercises at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Hijudai Maneuver Area in Oita Prefecture on ...

conducting defensive posturing for Iron Fist 23 at Hijudai, Japan, Feb. 19, 2023. US Marine Corps The U.S Marine Corps and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) began the bilateral Iron Fist ...

But the training environment at Hijudai Manuvering Area has similar terrain to what troops would experience if war broke out in Japan’s southern islands. That includes the Senkaku islands – an ...