×Amid China's increasing military assertiveness, an Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft of the Ground Self-Defense Force arrived in Okinawa on Thursday for joint exercises with U.S. forces, marking the first flight of one of the Japanese aircraft to the southern island prefecture. The aircraft arrived at Ishigaki Island's airport notwithstanding a request from the prefectural government of Okinawa to the Defense Ministry to refrain fro....

Source: News 24 October 20, 2023 15:01 UTC