U.S. helicopter makes emergency landing on beach near Tokyo

A U.S. military helicopter with three crew onboard made an emergency landing Thursday at a beach in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo, with no injuries reported, the U.S. Navy said.The helicopter made the landing at around 11:05 a.m. as a precautionary measure after detecting irregularities, according to the U.S. Navy. The aircraft belongs to the U.S. Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture, the Japanese Defense Ministry said.The helicopter left the beach at about 3:05 p.m. and safely returned to the base at around 3:15 p.m., a public affairs official of the Naval Air Facility Atsugi sai…READ FULL ARTICLE