Budget impasse forces U.S. to cancel army drill with Japan
The United States
has cancelled a military exercise with Japan because of the U.S. fiscal
standoff, Japan's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, underscoring the extent of
the impact of the U.S. congressional deadlock. Military exercises between
Japanese and U.S. forces are the integral part of the alliance, but they have
sometimes been a cause of irritation for China, with which Japan is locked in a
territorial dispute. The U.S. army and Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force
planned to conduct an exercise in northeastern Japan, from October 15 to
October 28, mobilizing 400 service men and women from the United States and 600
from Japan. But the U.S. side asked for the cancellation citing the failed attempt
by Congress to reach a deal to fund the federal government in the new fiscal
year that began on October 1, the Japanese Defense Ministry said.
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