US to field midrange missiles in Japan for joint drills

The Typhon missile system is shown to the media at the U.S. military's Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan, in September 2025.

© KyodoRYOTA OGATAJune 21, 2026 02:15 JSTTOKYO -- The U.S. military will deploy Typhon midrange missile systems to Japan for joint exercises next week and in September, with the launchers to be kept in the country in what is seen as stronger U.

S. involvement in efforts to counter China. TOKYO -- The U.

S. military will deploy Typhon midrange missile systems to Japan for joint exercises next week and in September, with the launchers to be kept in the country in what is seen as stronger U.S.

involvement in efforts to counter China. TOKYO -- The U.S.

military will deploy Typhon midrange missile systems to Japan for joint exercises next week and in September, with the launchers to be kept in the country in what is seen as stronger U.S. involvement in efforts to counter China.

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