German Navy 'cannot just pay lip service' to aiding global order: admiral

Ships and planes cross into Pacific to join Japan and U.S. in joint exercises

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Rear Adm. Axel Schulz said a conflict in the Indo-Pacific region would have major consequences for Germany. (Leon Rodewald/German armed forces)

SHOGO AKAGAWA, Nikkei editor-in-chief for Europe, Middle East and Africa

LONDON -- German warships dispatched to the Indo-Pacific region soon will participate in joint naval exercises with Japan and the U.S., the officer leading the deployment said.

Germany will "contribute to maintaining the rules-based international order," Rear Adm. Axel Schulz, commander of the German Navy's 2nd Flotilla, told Nikkei.

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