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.
Japan’s army identified two officers Thursday whose remains were recovered from the wreckage of a military helicopter that crashed into the East China Sea earlier this month with 10 aboard, including a division commander.
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.
In Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low” (1963), samurai heraldry and clashing swords are replaced by the aesthetics of midcentury modernity. While best known for his epic period dramas, the legendary Japanese filmmaker also used postwar cityscapes to explore the complexities of human morality and social