A CV-22 Osprey from US Forces Japan's Yokota Air Base made a precautionary
emergency landing at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Utsunomiya Airfield in
Tochigi prefecture at about 15:00 local time on the 10th. Japan's Defense
Ministry notified local governments by the 12th. The US said the landing was a
"precautionary landing" to avoid an accident; the aircraft departed the airfield
on the 11th. No injuries or damage have been confirmed. The Defense Ministry has
not released the flight route or the cause of the landing.
