When the U.S. led a 25,000-troop, 22-nation maritime exercise in Hawaii this summer, a Japanese naval commander served as second in command. It was the highest rank ever given a Japanese officer in the four decades since the drill was launched, and a symbol of how Tokyo is steadily expanding its military clout as the U.S. leans more on its leading regional ally to counter China's rise.

今年夏天，美国在夏威夷海域主导了一场有2.5万人参加的22国联合海上军演，日本海军少将任副指挥官。这是该演习40多年来日本军官担任的最高职位。在美国为牵制中国崛起而愈发依赖日本这个亚太主要盟友之际，这也是东京稳步扩大其军事影响力的标志。

'We don't have any enemy─officially speaking that is,' Rear Adm. Fumiyuki Kitagawa said when asked the focus of five-week campaign, dubbed Rimpac, for Rim of the Pacific. He then laughed out loud.

在被问到为期五周的环太平洋军演的重点时，日本海军少将北川文之(Fumiyuki Kitagawa)说，我们没有任何敌人，从官方立场上来说是这样的。说完后他哈哈大笑。

While six nations joined the exercise for the first time this year, making it the largest ever, China wasn't among them. 'China wasn't invited,' Adm. Kitagawa said in his first interview with the foreign press.

有六个国家今年第一次参加了环太平洋军演，这也使得该演习的规模创下历史之最，但中国却不在其列。北川文之第一次接受外国媒体采访时说，没有邀请中国参加。

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