U.S. weighs more military exercises with Japan and South Korea

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The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan joins Japanese and South Korean ships for a joint exercise in the Sea of Japan on Sept. 30. (Japan's Ministry of Defense via Kyodo)

RYO NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writer

HONOLULU, U.S. -- The U.S. may conduct more military drills with allies Japan and South Korea in response to a recent spate of North Korean ballistic missile launches, an Air Force commander told reporters traveling with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Hawaii.

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