Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Maj. Tomohito Urakawa,

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Maj. Tomohito Urakawa, left, speaks with U.S. Marine Capt. Stephen L. Walker Dec. 9 during Forest Light 15-1 at the Oyanohara Training Area in Yamato, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. Forest Light is a routine, semi-annual exercise designed to enhance the U.S. and Japan military partnership, solidify regional security agreements and improve individual and unit-level skills. Urakawa is the company commander of 3rd Company, 42nd Regiment, 8th Division, Western Army, JGSDF. Walker, from Morganton, North Carolina, is a field artillery officer with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Drew Tech/Released)