Residents near Yokota base protest U.S. Osprey deployment

Residents around the U.S. military's Yokota Air Base in the suburbs of Tokyo expressed their opposition Monday to the official deployment of five Osprey aircraft there.Some 180 people opposed to deployment of the tilt-rotor transport aircraft which has a record of accidents, staged a rally at a park near the airbase, chanting "Don't conduct dangerous drills at Yokota," and holding placards bearing slogans such as "NO! OSPREY".The United States deployed the CV-22 Ospreys to better prepare the Japan-U.S. alliance for various contingencies against the backdrop of China's maritime assertiveness…READ FULL ARTICLE