More than 45,000 U.S. and Japanese soldiers follow the practice of war until 16 November, named Keen Sword.
The war games involve operating air force and navy around Okinawa, north of islands claimed by Japan and China.
The islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China that led to a diplomatic deadlock between the two countries.
But Japan and the United States confirmed the war games had nothing to do with the territorial dispute occurs and war games have been planned several months earlier.
America does not give details about military exercises this time but in a statement said that military exercises aimed to "enhance the ability of the various elements of cooperation needed to effectively defend Japan or respond to crises in the Asia Pacific region".
The BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes Tokyo originally reported war games will be held on an island was inhabited in the southern coastal region.
provocative
Under the original plan, the Japanese and the U.S. will conduct operations raid on the island.
"In the end Japan or the U.S. decided that it was too provocative scenario for China, and decided to cancel the operation," explains Wingfield-Hayes.
But the war games on the island of Okinawa and beyond, further Wingfield-Hayes, ongoing.
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