By Tim KellyHikari Maruyama, Runa Kurosawa and Sawaka Nakano are part of an elite force: Japan's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), meant to lead assaults from the sea in a possible future war. Runa Kurosawa, a member of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), Japan's first marine unit since World War IIo, takes part in military training inside on the amphibious transport ship JS Osumi in waters close to Okinawa. Aboard the Osumi, women are uncommon. Runa Kurosawa talks with a colleague as she eats her dinner at the mess hall on the amphibious transport ship JS Osumi. Kurosawa, who joined the ARDB less than two years ago, likes having older female colleagues close by that she can confide in.

Source: The Guardian January 12, 2024 03:38 UTC