THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
April 9, 2023 at 15:17 JST
The Shishijima, a Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper, searches for wreckage of a missing Ground SDF helicopter near Miyakojima island in Okinawa Prefecture on April 8. (Tatsuya Shimada)
Search efforts continued April 9 for a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing three days earlier in Okinawa Prefecture with 10 officials aboard, the Defense Ministry and the Japan Coast Guard said. [Read More]
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