Japan and Australia have decided to not send ships to support Operation Epic Fury.
There's been a bit of sturm und drang about that, but I think that they just don't have the capability to do it.
Their navies are tiny by our standards and they just don't appear to have the excess capability to send boats to the region while still maintaining their commitments closer to home.
Australia is sending some significant air assets though. It's not like they're refusing to help.
To be fair to Japan, they're very busy dealing with the ChiComs in a not-quite war of maneuver and area control in and around their territorial waters.
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