Thursday’s drill involved a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat Sagami and Taiwan’s Hsun Hu No. 9 off the southern coast of Chiba, officials said, but declined to give any other details.

Rescuers from the Coast Guard take part in a drill off Haeundae Beach in the southeastern port city of Busan on June 19, 2025, ... Rescue drill to save swimmers off bathing beach.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese and Taiwanese coast guards conducted what is believed to be their first joint drill off Japan’s eastern coast, officials said Friday, a move seen as an effort to expand … ...