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  • Japan Ground Self Defense Forces’ AH-1S helicopter fires a TOW anti-tank missile during an exercise in its Higashi-Fuji training ground in Gotemba, some 100 kilometre west of Tokyo on August 19, 2014. A total of 2,300 personnels, 80 tanks and armoured vehicles, 20 aircrafts and 600 vehicles participated in the exercise. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURATOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images
  • GOTEMBA, JAPAN – AUGUST 19: A Type 92 Mine Cleaning tank fires during the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force annual live fire exercise at East Fuji Maneuver Area on August 19, 2014 in Gotemba, Japan. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
  • GOTEMBA, JAPAN – AUGUST 19: Tanks fire during the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force annual live fire exercise at East Fuji Maneuver Area on August 19, 2014 in Gotemba, Japan. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
  • A member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force launches a hand-held anti-tank rocket during an annual live firing exercise at Higashi Fuji range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
  • Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force rappel down from a UH-60JA helicopter during an annual live firing exercise at Higashi Fuji range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
  • A Type-10 tank of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force fires at targets during an annual live firing exercise at Higashi Fuji range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
  • A Japan Ground Self Defense Forces’ CH-47 helicopter unloads a vehicle during an exercise in its Higashi-Fuji training ground in Gotemba, some 100 kilometre west of Tokyo on August 19, 2014. A total of 2,300 personnels, 80 tanks and armoured vehicles, 20 aircrafts and 600 vehicles participated in the exercise. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURATOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images
  • Japan Ground Self Defense Forces’ type 87 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns fire during an exercise in its Higashi-Fuji training ground in Gotemba, some 100 kilometre west of Tokyo on August 19, 2014. A total of 2,300 personnels, 80 tanks and armoured vehicles, 20 aircrafts and 600 vehicles participated in the exercise. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURATOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images
  • Japan Ground Self Defense Forces’ tanks and armoured vehicles move underneath the umbrellas of curtain fires while helicopters fly by during an exercise in its Higashi-Fuji training ground in Gotemba, some 100 kilometre west of Tokyo on August 19, 2014. A total of 2,300 personnels, 80 tanks and armoured vehicles, 20 aircrafts and 600 vehicles participated in the exercise. AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURATOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images