William While the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine has resulted in a positive security impact for Japan as Russia moves its troops from Asia to Europe, Japan’s Self Defense Forces (SDF - read army, air force, navy, marines) have not been inactive. Kumanichi reports on, well, reports of bright lights in the sky. Do not be alarmed: these are not aliens having come to harvest your organs. This is training the SDF conducts from their Yamato base several times a year to illuminate nighttime destination and targets of troops - or so the SDF says, per this article. I personally have never seen it. If anyone notices anything unusual, please PM us. Video at the link.