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US and Japan begin joint Keen Sword military exercises near Taiwan

The United States and Japan have launched their biennial Keen Sword military exercises, marking one of the largest joint drills between the two nations. The current exercises are reported to focus on Japan's southwestern islands situated near Taiwan. Further operational details and the total scale of deployed forces remain unstated in initial reports.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
2 differing positions reported on attribution across 2 publishers; unresolved.
  • taipeitimesJapan, US
  • zerohedgeUS, Japan
2 differing positions reported on location across 2 publishers; unresolved.
  • taipeitimesTaiwan
  • zerohedgeIslands Near Taiwan
WhereTaiwan
24.461, 121.073 ±120 km
First reported4 days ago
Published2026-10-21 08:35 UTC
Occurred2026-10-20
Sources2
How this travelled.
Reports2Independent tellings1
1 independently corroborated telling, 1 reported as carrying another outlet.

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Global Event Monitor. US and Japan begin joint Keen Sword military exercises near Taiwan. 2026-10-21T08:35:39.300Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:6733. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-21/japan-us-launch-drills-focusing-on-islands-near-taiwan-3e9dc17a

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