The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force said on April 21 that the commander of the 8th Division, Yuichi Sakamoto, was confirmed to have been among the bodies recovered from the seabed following a recent helicopter crash in waters off Okinawa.
The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force says the head of its security unit based in Miyako Island, southwestern Japan, was among those who went missing following a helicopter crash in waters off Okinawa earlier this month.
The confirmed death toll has risen to four in the disappearance of a Japanese Self-Defense Forces helicopter following the recovery of two more bodies during a search for the missing in waters off Okinawa, the Ground Self-Defense Force says.
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