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US carrier drills with Japanese navy amid NoKor tension

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/overseas/10/11/northkorea-missiles.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>USS Ronald Reagan (rear) sails side-by-side with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force&#x27;s Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer Ise (DDH-182) during their joint military drill in the sea off Japan, in this photo taken by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on Sept. 14, 2017 and released on Sept. 22, 2017. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force/Handout via Reuters</figcaption></figure></div>TOKYO - A United States Navy aircraft carrier, the Ronald Reagan, is conducting drills with a Japanese warship in waters around Okinawa southwest of the Korean peninsula, Japan&#x27;s military said on Wednesday.The exercise comes amid heightened tension with North Korea as the US holds air drills in the region with B1-B bombers flown from Guam.The exercise with the Reagan strike group, which began on Saturday, involves vessels sailing from the Bashi Channel, which separates the Philippines and Taiwan, to seas around Japan&#x27;s southwest island closer to North Korea, Japan&#x27;s Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) said in a statement.One Japanese destroyer, the Shimkaze, is accompanying the 100,000-ton Reagan, which is based in Japan, and its escort ships, the JMSDF said.

A United States Navy aircraft carrier, the Ronald Reagan, is conducting drills with a Japanese warship in waters around Okinawa southwest of the Korean peninsula, Japan's military said on Wednesday.

A United States Navy aircraft carrier, the Ronald Reagan, is conducting drills with a Japanese warship in waters around Okinawa southwest of the Korean peninsula, Japan's military said on Wednesday.