Shunji Izutsu (right) chief of staff of the Japan Air Self-Defence Force, shakes hands with Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz, chief of the German Air Force, at JASDF’s Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Wednesday. Photo: Kyodo
German-Japanese air exercise needed in face of China’s military build-up in region: defence minister
