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HELICOPTERS

The U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture. The death of a Japanese schoolteacher in April at the base has been detailed in a recent U.S. Air Force report.
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2026
Death of Okinawa teacher involving U.S. military helicopter detailed in new report
According to the report, the woman was killed after being struck by the flow of air generated by a U.S. military helicopter.
What appears to a heavily damaged body of a helicopter is seen inside the crater of Mount Aso in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 21, 2026
Sightseeing helicopter carrying three people goes missing in Kumamoto
Fire authorities received an emergency report apparently from a passenger¡¯s smartphone at 11:04 a.m. The helicopter¡¯s GPS signal was last detected near the crater of Mount Aso.
Operations of a medical helicopter in Tokyo will be suspended for seven days this month due to a staff shortage.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2025
Tokyo temporarily halts medical helicopter operations due to staff shortage
The suspension began on Thursday and will continue through Sunday. The helicopter will also be out of service between Aug. 24 and Aug. 26.
An electric air taxi from Joby Aviation flies near the Downtown Manhattan Heliport in Manhattan, New York City, in November 2023.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 8, 2025
Electric ¡®air taxis¡¯ could debut in Japan from 2027
All Nippon Airways says it is partnering with California-based Joby Aviation to deploy more than 100 of the five-seater aircraft.
A medical evacuation helicopter. The control rod is in the tail rotor section of a helicopter.
JAPAN
May 3, 2025
Control device found broken in April chopper crash in Japan
An investigation of an ambulance helicopter that crashed last month has found that a key component controlling the aircraft¡¯s body had been broken.
First responders near the landing skids of a helicopter after it crashed into the Hudson River, in Newport, New Jersey, on Thursday.
WORLD
Apr 11, 2025
Helicopter crashes into New York¡¯s Hudson River, with all six aboard killed
The victims, the pilot and five passengers, were believed to include a family from Spain.
The Japan Coast Guard officers raid the office of SGC Saga Aviation in the city of Saga on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 9, 2025
Japan Coast Guard raids operator of helicopter in fatal crash
A marine salvage company commissioned by SGC Saga Aviation began work Wednesday morning to lift the crashed aircraft out of the sea.
A medical helicopter pilot and other survivors are rescued after the aircraft crashed off the coast of Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2025
Three dead after medical helicopter crashes in waters off Nagasaki
An 86-year-old female patient, her 68-year-old son and a 34-year-old doctor died in the crash.
A U.S. Coast Guard vessel attempts to retrieve the remains of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Friday after it crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport earlier in the week.
WORLD
Feb 2, 2025
Crashed U.S. Army Black Hawk unit was responsible for doomsday readiness
The military mission, known as ¡°continuity of government¡± and ¡°continuity of operations,¡± is meant to preserve the ability of the U.S. government to operate.
A U.S. military helicopter made an emergency landing on a beach in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2024
U.S. helicopter makes emergency landing on Chigasaki beach
Around noon, a report was received through the fire department that a U.S. helicopter made a ¡°precautionary landing¡± on a beach in the city.
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2024
U.S. military helicopter makes emergency landing in Kanagawa rice paddy
No one was injured in the landing, the local fire department said, and the cause was not immediately clear.
A crashed helicopter with a pilot and a mechanic on board was heading for Saga Airport on Sunday afternoon.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2024
Two killed in helicopter crash in Fukuoka
The pilot, 50, and a mechanic, 70, were confirmed dead at the scene.
A worker helps assemble the fuselage of a BK117 helicopter at Kawasaki Heavy Industries¡¯ Gifu plant in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture.
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Apr 1, 2024
Kawasaki Heavy¡¯s Gifu plant produces helicopters for disaster aid
The company¡¯s BK117 aircraft has been adopted by Gifu Prefecture and many other municipalities for disaster aid.
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2023
Memorial service held for victims of April GSDF chopper crash
The Ground Self-Defense Force is investigating the cause of the accident by analyzing the salvaged wreckage and the helicopter¡¯s flight data recorders.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 20, 2021
NASA¡¯s Mars helicopter completes first flight on another world
Like the first flight of an airplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright, the flight did not go far or last long, but it showed what could be done.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jun 6, 2016
Aichi hospital partners with IT firm in first for air ambulance training
Aichi Medical University Hospital has partnered with an IT firm to develop software designed to better train air ambulance crews.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2016
Japan¡¯s Daicel and Britain¡¯s BAE target helicopter air bags for U.S. Army
Japanese air bag component maker Daicel Corp. and Britain¡¯s biggest defense firm, BAE Systems, are designing an air bag for military helicopters that they hope to sell to the U.S. Army.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 26, 2015
Afghan air force ascent slow, imperiling battle with Taliban
Afghanistan¡¯s armed forces are so short of combat-ready aircraft that, late last year, they began fitting machine guns and rockets to Russian-made Mi-17 transport helicopters, dubbed ¡°flying tractors,¡± to bolster their air power.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 30, 2014
Japan wants France-Russia warship deal quashed
The government on Tuesday expressed ¡°strong concern¡± about the planned sale of French helicopter carriers to Russia, joining some EU countries in opposing the deal as the West believes Russia has failed to meet international demands to end violence in Ukraine.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ?3,000 from ?1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
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A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
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A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
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James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
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Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
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