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US military helicopters take off and land outside designated space in central Tokyo: probe
The Mainichi
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Two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters are seen taking off from a parking space marked with a P, which is near a university ground, upper left, and apartment buildings, in the Roppongi heliport in Tokyo at around noon on Nov. 17, 2020. At heliports in Japan, helicopters are required to depart and land in zones indicated with an H, for safety. (Mainichi/Koichiro Tezuka)
TOKYO Amid findings that U.S. military helicopters have been repeatedly flying in central Tokyo at low altitudes that would be illegal for Japanese aircraft, the Mainichi Shimbun confirmed 21 instances of U.S. choppers departing and landing in areas near a university which are outside the designated space at a heliport in the Roppongi area. ....

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