This photo provided by the Japan Coast Guard shows its patrol vessel Wakasa, from bottom, U.S. Coast Guard's cutter Waesche and (South) Korea Coast Guard's patrol vessel Taepyongyang 16 as a helicopter (in red) flies at right during a drill in waters off the northern coast of Maizuru, Japan, Thursday, June 6, 2024. The three countries' coast guard vessels conducted their first three-way drill on Thursday off Japan's coast as the countries strengthen their maritime ties in response to increased assertiveness by China in pressing its territorial claims. (Japan Coast Guard via AP)
CORRECTS THE POSITIONS OF THE MEN - Japan Coast Guard's Capt. Masanobu Nakane of patrol vessel Wakasa, from right, U.S. Coast Guard's Capt. Tyson Scofield of cutter Waesche and (South) Korea Coast Guard's Capt. Kim Bum-sik of patrol vessel Taepyongyang 16 pose for a photo in Maizuru, Japan, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Japanese, U.S. and South Korean coast guard vessels conducted their first three-way drill on Thursday off Japan's coast as the countries strengthen their maritime ties in response to increased assertiveness by China in pressing its territorial claims. (Kyodo News via AP)