Northeastern Japan train station in 1970

Northeastern Japan train station in 1970

File photo taken in December 1970 shows a coal-fired stove at Japanese National Railways' Moritake station in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. military commander in Okinawa

U.S. military commander in Okinawa

Brig. Gen. Paul Rock (C), commanding general of U.S. Marine Corps installations in the Pacific, receives a letter of protest from Okinawa Deputy Gov. Moritake Tomikawa at the prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 13, 2017. A window fell from a U.S. military transport helicopter onto the grounds of an elementary school in Ginowan, reviving safety concerns in the prefecture that hosts the bulk of U.S. forces in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. says pilot error led to Dec. Osprey crash-landing off Okinawa

U.S. says pilot error led to Dec. Osprey crash-landing off Okinawa

Okinawa Deputy Gov. Moritake Tomikawa (C) speaks to reporters after meeting Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, the top commander of U.S. forces in Okinawa, at Camp Foster in the southern Japanese prefecture on Sept. 11, 2017, to hear the outcome of an investigation report following a series of accidents involving the Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. The U.S. military has concluded pilot error caused one of its Osprey aircraft to crash-land in waters off Okinawa in December 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Okinawa deputy governor meets with U.S. commander

Okinawa deputy governor meets with U.S. commander

Okinawa Deputy Gov. Moritake Tomikawa meets with reporters in Kitanakagusuku on Aug. 8, 2017, after meeting with Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, the top commander of the U.S. military in Okinawa, who indicated it is not necessary to refrain from flying Osprey aircraft despite the recent crash of one off the coast of Australia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo