In Okinawa, where about half of the 50,000 American troops in Japan are based, Gov. Denny Tamaki told reporters Wednesday that he will ask the U.S. military to suspend all Osprey flights in Japan.

Tokyo: A US military Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft made an emergency landing at Hanamaki Airport in Iwate prefecture, northern ...

One of them, Osamu Rikihisa, said, "You never know when another Osprey crashes again." In November 2023, a U.S. Air Force Osprey crashed off Japan's southern coast, killing eight people.

The wreckage of a US Marine MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is seen over rocks during low tide on the coast of Nago, Japan’s southern island of Okinawa on Wednesday, after it crash landed in ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's air force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 military training aircraft after one of the planes crashed minutes after takeoff, officials said ...

One of them, Osamu Rikihisa, said, “You never know when another Osprey crashes again.” In November 2023, a U.S. Air Force Osprey crashed off Japan’s southern coast, killing eight people.

TOKYO — Japan's air force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 military training aircraft after one of the planes crashed minutes after takeoff, officials said Thursday.

One of them, Osamu Rikihisa, said, “You never know when another Osprey crashes again.” In November 2023, a U.S. Air Force Osprey crashed off Japan’s southern coast, killing eight people.