FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 file photo, members of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force rappell down from a UH-60JA helicopter during the annual live-fire drill at the Higashi Fuji training range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo. The new defense plan, approved on Tuesday Dec. 17, 2013, calls for setting up an amphibious unit similar to the U.S. Marines as part of the ground defense forces to respond quickly in case of a foreign invasion of those islands. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)