TOKYO: A window fell from a US helicopter onto a school sports field near a US Marines airbase on Okinawa, the Marines said, the latest in a series of accidents that have fanned safety concerns on Japan’s southern island.
Japan’s central government and Okinawa authorities have been at odds for years over the Futenma base. Residents complain about what they see as the unfair burden they carry in supporting the US military presence in Japan.
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