U.S. keeps flying Osprey in Japan despite calls to suspend operations

The U.S. military continued to fly tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft in Japan on Friday, despite Tokyo's request to suspend the operations in the wake of a crash two days earlier near the southwestern island of Yakushima.Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said earlier in the day that Japan has been informed by the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo that Washington recognizes a formal request from its Asian ally to ground the aircraft.The crash Wednesday afternoon of the U.S. Air Force's CV-22 aircraft killed a crew member, marking the first-ever fatality in Japan in a crash involving an Osprey. Seven others remain…READ FULL ARTICLE