Osprey flights resume, local governments surrounding the base request thorough measures to prevent recurrence. In November last year, an Osprey transport plane belonging to the U.S.
military's Yokota Air Base crashed off the coast of Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, killing all eight people on board. However, the Ministry of Defense has announced that it will gradually resume domestic flights from the 14th. The request states that resuming flights without sufficient information on the cause of the accident and safety measures will further heighten residents' anxiety.