Members of the Japanese Self-Defense Force Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade hold positions while a US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft lands during a joint exercise between the two services at the Higashifuji training area in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture on March 15, 2022. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

TOKYO - Naval forces of Japan, the United States and South Korea will conduct joint military drills on Friday, Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force announced on Thursday.

MSDF said the exercises, including anti-submarine drills, will be held in the Sea of Japan, which South Korea calls the East Sea.

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