Shinjirō Koizumi: “Look at this. The precision of the honor guard’s alignment is incredible. The fact that ministers from various countries praise them every time speaks to the exceptionally high quality of the Japan Self-Defense Forces’ honor guard.

“As someone from Yokosuka, I felt a deep sense of emotion seeing this sight in Yokosuka. To everyone in the honor guard, thank you again today. You were wonderful today as well.”