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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (Dec. 8, 2014) - A U.S. Army Soldier and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Soldier prepare for the Yama Sakura 67 exercise. Yama Sakura is an annual bilateral exercise between the U.S. Army and JGSDF that is aimed at increasing combat readiness between the two nations.