Death toll rises to 5 in SDF chopper search off Okinawa

The confirmed death toll from the crash of a Japanese Self-Defense Forces helicopter rose to five Tuesday as a search continued for the missing in waters off Okinawa.Three new deaths were confirmed on the same day, the SDF said. It had found the remains of five people and part of the Ground Self-Defense Force's UH-60JA helicopter on Sunday.The chopper disappeared off the southern prefecture's Miyako Island with 10 aboard in early April.On Tuesday, divers also found a sixth body in the waters around where the five were found, the SDF said.Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a press…READ FULL ARTICLE