Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Photo taken off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 8, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Shishijima searching for a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter that went missing with 10 members aboard on April 6.

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