U.S., Japan Hold Joint Air Exercise After China-Russia Patrols

Japanese fighter jets fly alongside a U.S. B-52 bomber as part of a joint training exercise over teh Sea of Japan on December 11, 2025. Image via the U.S. Pacific Air Forces.

Japan said Thursday it held a joint air exercise with the United States in a show of force, days after Chinese-Russian patrols in the region and following weeks of diplomatic feuding between Tokyo and Beijing.

The Japanese joint chiefs of staff said Wednesday’s exercise with the U.S. Air Force was conducted in “an increasingly severe security environment surrounding our country”.

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