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The Latest Breaking News from Miyako Island

Kishida speaks at funeral of GSDF staff in copter crash

KUMAMOTO -- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday spoke at a funeral for the 10 Ground Self-Defense Force members who died in a helicopter crash off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, in April.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jun 18, 2023

SDF prepares for saturation dive in recovery of lost helicopter

The Self-Defense Forces began preparations Saturday to resume a saturation dive to recover the remains of a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter and the 10 personnel aboard that were lost 10 days ago off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Apr 15, 2023

GSDF searches for missing copter, crew / Uninflated life raft, parts from aircraft found

An uninflated life raft found in waters off Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture had been aboard a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that disappeared from radar on Thursday with 10 people aboard, the GSDF announced Friday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Apr 7, 2023

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Army helicopter carrying Japanese soldiers goes missing off Okinawa

The Ministry of Defence in Tokyo said that a Ground Self Defence Force helicopter which was circling Miyako Island, close to Taiwan, disappeared from the radar

Daily Mirror · Apr 6, 2023

Japan's Okinawa may be on the front lines again as it marks anniversary of U.S. handover

Seihan Nakazato wants the missile trucks on the base next to his melon farm to leave, but few others on Okinawa's Miyako island, he complains, are demanding that Japan's army remove such weapons, which he says would make them a target for China.

Reuters · May 12, 2022

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