Japan's "Sankei Shimbun" said on December 5** that the launching ceremony of the "Yamazakura" joint military exercise held by the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force and the United States and Australia Army was held in Asaka, Japan from the 4th to the 13th, with about 6,800 people from the three parties participating.
Asaka, a city in central Honshu, Japan. It is located in the southeast of Old Saitama Prefecture, on the northeastern edge of the Musashino Plateau, across the lowlands on the right bank of the Arakawa River, a satellite city of Tokyo, and a base of the Ground Self-Defense Force.
In October 2022, the leaders of Japan and Australia signed the Japan-Australia Reciprocal Access Agreement, which officially entered into force in August this year.
The Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) reported on the 8th local time that on the 7th, a U.S. reconnaissance drone was "missing" during operational training at the Higashi-Fuji Xi exercise site of the Shizuoka Ground Self-Defense Force in Japan. Japan's Defense Ministry said strong winds may have blown the drone out of the Xi range.
The length of the machine is 14 meters, wingspan of 28 meters and a weight of 7 kg.
Shizuoka Prefecture is located in the ** part of Japan, between Tokyo and Osaka, facing the Pacific Ocean.
Coincidentally, during the exercise, an armed reconnaissance drone was also missing by the US military during the Xi exercise, and it was missing for two days. The wind is strong enough.