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Nobuo Kishi, Japan's defense minister, attends Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) live fire exercise at JGSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Maneuver Area on May 22, 2021 in Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan (Photo by Akio Kon - Pool/Getty Images)
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Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall square in Taipei, Taiwan (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)
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Taiwanese navy staffs salute from a US-made Guppy class submarine at the Tsoying navy base in southern Kaohsiung, September 30, 2014 (SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)
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