GOTEMBA, Japan — Japan's Self Defense Forces (SDF) on Tuesday began four days of live-fire drills near Mount Fuji, in an annual exercise that comes as Tokyo tries to expand the role of the military.
About 2,300 soldiers joined the exercise with some 80 tanks and armored vehicles as well as 60 field guns and 20 helicopters deployed at training grounds, 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Tokyo.
Ground personnel fired artillery against the backdrop of Japan's highest mountain, with helicopters flying overhead.
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