![]() ![]() U.S.-led efforts to counter the North Korean threat have been challenged by simmering tensions between South Korea and Japan that date back to Japan’s colonial domination of the Korean Peninsula in the early 20th century. He said the three-way defensive exercises show that Seoul, Washington and Tokyo “are working together to be able to deter North Korean submarine attacks or provocations and clearly prepared to respond if those happen.” “I am very encouraged … this trilateral cooperation has started and is continuing,” Gen. and Japanese warships held their first trilateral anti-submarine drills in five years last month during a wave of North Korean missile tests, which were in apparent response to other joint military exercises by South Korean and U.S. SEE ALSO: U.S., allies stage new drills after North Korean missile soars over Japan Japan is increasing its defense spending as Pyongyang provocations mount and as friction with South Korea shows signs of easing after years of intense bickering and a near breakdown in bilateral ties.
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