An Osprey tilt-rotor plane of the Ground Self-Defense Force arrives in Okinawa or joint drills with U.S. forces, marking the first flight of one of the Japanese aircraft to the southern island prefecture, amid China's growing military assertiveness.
A US s Osprey V-22 military aircraft has made an emergency landing in the civil airport in the Japanese city of Oita, Japanese media reported on Saturday, adding that no one was injured in the incident.
The Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) has stationed around 570 personnel with Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) and Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (SSM) systems at a new garrison on Ishigaki Island, which is strategically located close to Taiwan and the disputed Senkaku Islands, as part of Japan's response to China's increasing aggression.