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May 15 - Japan, US, France hold military drill eyeing China presence Dozens of Japanese, American and French troops landed amid pouring rain from a CH-47 transport helicopter onto a grassy field at a training area in southern Japan, part of Saturday's joint scenario of defending a remote island from an enemy invasion. The three nations first joint drills on Japanese soil dubbed ARC21 and which began Tuesday come as they seek step up military ties amid growing Chinese a*sertiveness in the region. Japanese soldiers and their counterparts from the French army and the U.S. Marine Corps also...