Village assembly in Gunma OKs exercises involving Osprey aircraft

A village assembly in Gunma Prefecture on Thursday approved future Japan-U.S. joint exercises in its municipality involving MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corps. The resolution passed by the assembly of Shinto, a village hosting the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's Somagahara training range, said the municipality will accept joint exercises between Japan and the United States involving the tilt-rotor aircraft within the range.

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