Osprey crash: Tokyo metropolitan government requests government to lift flight suspension measures. Last November, an Osprey transport plane belonging to the Yokota Air Base of the US military crashed off the coast of Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, killing all eight people on board.
US military took measures to ground all Ospreys deployed around the world, but on the 8th they announced that they would lift this measure and allow them to fly. The statement states that residents near the base are becoming increasingly concerned about the safety of the OSprey.