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Germany, France and other European countries are deploying ships and aircraft to the Pacific at an unprecedented scale, joining Japan and the U.S. on exercises in the South China Sea, in a show of force to counter China and Russia.

France and Italy will also participate in RIMPAC, Nikkei has learned.

The U.K. dispatched an aircraft carrier to Japan under the AUKUS trilateral security framework between the U.S., U.K. and Australia in 2021.

At the same time, Europe is deploying both naval and air forces to the Pacific, trying to deepen relations with Japan, South Korea and India.

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