Lt. Gen. Koichi Isobe (standing right), commanding general of the Eastern Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, is shown an anti-tank weapon system at Yakima Training Center, Wash., Sept. 5. The demonstration was part of Operation Rising Thunder, a combined operation between the Army and Japan designed to increase interoperability between the two nations. ( Army photo by Sgt. Cody Quinn, 28th Public Affairs Detachment) Japan Defense Force general receives demonstration 140905-A-BX700-605

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