PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN LEAVES FOR UNITED STATES, GERMANY FOR SUMMITS AMID SECURITY CONCERNS - TOKYO JAPAN

PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN LEAVES FOR UNITED STATES, GERMANY FOR SUMMITS AMID SECURITY CONCERNS - TOKYO JAPAN 

@Jackie San

TOKYO

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida left for Washington on Wednesday to attend a NATO summit to confirm cooperation with the alliance in addressing the increasingly severe security challenges posed by Russia and China.

During his five-day overseas trip through Sunday, Kishida is also slated to visit Germany for talks with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, with economic security likely to top the agenda. The two leaders plan to hold a joint press appearance after their meeting.

"I would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm a sustainable cooperative relationship between NATO and its Indo-Pacific partners," Kishida told reporters before leaving Tokyo.

Based on the idea that the security of the Indo-Pacific region and Europe is inseparable, Tokyo has been working to strengthen its relations with NATO in recent years, along with other like-minded countries that share fundamental values such as democracy.

Although Japan is not a member of NATO, Kishida is scheduled to join its summit for the third consecutive year to demonstrate Japan's solidarity with the trans-Atlantic alliance against the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which started in February 2022.

In a speech at the summit, Kishida is set to call upon NATO members to deepen their involvement in the Asia-Pacific region, where China has stepped up its military assertiveness and North Korea has repeatedly launched ballistic missiles, Japanese officials said.

On the sidelines of the three-day summit, which kicked off Tuesday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the alliance, the leaders of Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and NATO are poised to meet, Kishida said.

The four nations in the Indo-Pacific region, collectively called IP4, are also arranging to hold a gathering in which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will participate, he added.

The NATO summit will be held amid intensifying "information warfare." According to sources close to the matter, a large amount of false information has been spread by Russia on its war in Ukraine and by China on its military drills near Taiwan, a self-ruled democratic island Beijing claims as its own territory.

In Washington, meanwhile, Kishida said he will hold bilateral talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who took office last week after his Labour Party ended 14 years of Conservative rule in a general election, and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

On Friday, Kishida will travel to Berlin to meet with Scholz. They are expected to exchange views on economic security issues, including a growing concern over China's overproduction of electric vehicles, solar panels and other key products, the officials said.

Japan and Germany agreed on a wide range of cooperation during their first high-level intergovernmental talks when Scholz visited Tokyo in March 2023. In the same year, Japan ceded its status as the world's third-largest economy to Germany.

On the security front, earlier this year, the two countries signed the acquisition and cross-servicing agreement, or ACSA, which simplifies the process of sharing food, fuel and ammunition between the Japan Self-Defense Forces and the German military.

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PEMBUNUHAN ZULFARHAN AMAT KEJAM DAN ZALIM DI MALAYSIA

PEMBUNUHAN ZULFARHAN AMAT KEJAM DAN ZALIM DI MALAYSIA - TIADA PERKATAAN MAAF DARI KELUARGA DAN PEMBUNUH 

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UNIVERSITI PERTAHANAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA (UPNM) WALAUPUN tujuh tahun telah berlalu, kisah kematian tragis Pegawai Kadet Laut Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM), Allahyarham Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain, tetap segar di ingatan rakyat Malaysia.

Tragedi yang menimpa anak sulung dari empat beradik itu bukan sahaja mengejutkan negara, malah mengheret pelbagai persoalan mengenai isu penderaan dan buli dalam kalangan pelajar.

Sehubungan itu, tidak hairanlah kes tersebut sentiasa menjadi bualan dalam kalangan rakyat tidak kira peringkat umur dalam media sosial.

Sehubungan itu, tidak hairanlah kes tersebut sentiasa menjadi bualan dalam kalangan rakyat tidak kira peringkat umur dalam media sosial.

KITA IMBAS KES PEMBUNUHAN:

1) Ada 90 kesan tekapan seterika pada badan arwah. Seluruh badan arwah cedera, hanya muka dan telapak tangan tidak tercedera.

2) Pada 21 Mei 2017, Zulfarhan disoal siasat berhubung kehilangan komputer riba sebelum mangsa dibelasah beramai-ramai menggunakan seterika wap, tali pinggang, getah paip dan penyangkut baju.

Arwah diseksa dua malam berturut-turut. Malam pertama, mangsa dipukul, disepak dan diterajang.

Malam kedua mangsa diseterika di beberapa anggota badan termasuk kemaluan dan kejadian kedua terhenti ketika azan subuh kedengaran.

3) Setelah teruk dipukul, arwah ‘dijaga rapi’ di sebuah bilik. Berselimut seluruh badan.

4) Ketika guna khidmat perubatan Islam untuk cari pencuri komputer riba, ada tiga nama dapat ‘di scan’ oleh Haji Abdullah iaitu ayah kepada seorang pelaku dan nama mangsa antara yang disebut selain Naim dan Izzat Amir.

5) Walaupun kejadian dilapor pada warden, surat layang ditulis atas kertas A4 dan diselitkan pada pintu pagar langsung tidak dipedulikan.

6) Warden awalnya maklumkan, dia akan pergi memeriksa bilik kejadian pada selepas zuhur tapi tiba pada waktunya, tiada kelibat warden.

7) Zulfarhan dibawa keluar dari bilik dan dibawa ke klinik swasta Bandar Baru Bangi untuk dirawat. Pemandu e-hailing turut melihat mangsa dilayan dengan teruk.

Pemandu e-hailing yang angkatkan arwah dari kerusi roda, masuk ke dalam kereta. Tertuduh menolak kerusi roda terkena kaki arwah. Tertuduh senyum apabila ditegur.

8) Tertuduh menipu doktor klinik swasta berkenaan mengenai punca arwah cedera dan memaklumkan arwah terkena bom ketika latihan.

9) Melihat keadaan mangsa yang semakin teruk, Zulfarhan Osman kemudiannya dihantar ke sebuah kondominium di Bangi untuk berehat oleh dua pelajar UPNM.

10) Mangsa meninggal dunia pada 1 Jun 2017 pada pukul 9.10 malam di kondominium berkenaan sebelum pengawal keselamatan memaklumkan kepada polis.

Mangsa dihantar ke Hospital Serdang dengan ambulans sebelum kematiannya disahkan. Bedah siasat mendapati mangsa mengalami pelbagai kecederaan akibat penderaan fizikal.

Sementara itu, Pada Selasa, bapa kepada Zulfarhan Osman meluahkan rasa syukur selepas Mahkamah Rayuan Putrajaya menjatuhkan hukuman gantung sampai mati terhadap enam pesalah yang meragut nyawa anaknya.

Zulkarnain Idros, 60, berkata dia dan keluarganya yang lain bersyukur dengan keputusan yang dibuat oleh mahkamah.

Panel tiga hakim terdiri daripada Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail, Mohamed Zaini Mazlan dan Datuk Azmi Ariffin membuat keputusan sebulat suara membenarkan rayuan pihak pendakwaan untuk mengembalikan semula pertuduhan.

Hadhariah memutuskan bahawa pihak pendakwaan berjaya membuktikan tanpa keraguan munasabah tuduhan pembunuhan terhadap keenam-enam bekas penuntut yang masing-masing kini berusia 28 tahun.

Mereka ialah Muhammad Akmal Zuhairi Azmal, Muhammad Azamuddin Mad Sofi, Muhammad Najib Mohd Razi, Muhammad Afif Najmudin Azahat, Mohamad Shobirin Sabri dan Abdoul Hakeem Mohd Ali.

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6 PEMBUNUH ZULFARHAN KE TALI GANTUNG, SUHAKAM MAHUKAN KEADILAN KE ATAS PEMBUNUH

6 PEMBUNUH ZULFARHAN KE TALI GANTUNG, SUHAKAM MAHUKAN KEADILAN KE ATAS PEMBUNUH 

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HUKUMAN GANTUNG SAMPAI MATI dijatuhkan terhadap enam bekas pelajar Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) kerana membunuh Pegawai Kadet Laut Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain dibantah Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia (Suhakam).

Perkara itu diluahkan menerusi satu kenyataan pada Khamis dengan hukuman sedemikian diangap bukan penyelesaian yang adil mahupun berkesan.

“Walaupun kami dapat merasakan kesedihan dan keperitan keluarga mangsa serta mengiktiraf tahap keseriusan jenayah itu, Suhakam tegas dengan pendirian menentang penggunaan hukuman mati.

"Keputusan Mahkamah Rayuan Selasa lepas ialah peristiwa yang menyedihkan dalam sejarah kehakiman negara," katanya.

Tambahnya, hukuman mati tidak memberi peluang kepada pesalah menjalani pemulihan dengan ia diyakini mampu mengubah pesalah menjadi anggota masyarakat yang bertanggungjawab dan menyumbang kepada masyarakat.

"Pendekatan ini bukan sahaja menangani punca kelakuan ganas, tetapi juga membantu mencegah kejadian sama berulang dengan menggalakkan persefahaman, empati dan tanggungjawab sosial dalam kalangan pesalah.

"Sehubungan itu, Suhakam menggesa kerajaan mempertimbangkan semula penggunaan hukuman mati, sebaliknya berusaha ke arah membentuk sistem keadilan yang adil dan berperikemanusiaan," katanya.

Terdahulu, Mahkamah Rayuan pada Selasa menjatuhkan hukuman gantung sampai mati terhadap enam bekas penuntut Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) selepas mereka didapati bersalah membunuh Pegawai Kadet Laut, Allahyarham Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain pada tujuh tahun lalu.

Panel tiga hakim terdiri daripada Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail, Mohamed Zaini Mazlan dan Datuk Azmi Ariffin membuat keputusan sebulat suara membenarkan rayuan pihak pendakwaan untuk mengembalikan semula pertuduhan.

Allahyarham Zulfarhan dilaporkan diserang tanpa henti selama dua hari, dari 21 hingga 22 Mei 2017, kerana didakwa mencuri komputer riba.

Pakar patologi, Dr Salmah Arshad sebelum ini memberi keterangan bahawa Zulfarhan mengalami 90 kecederaan di seluruh badannya, dengan lebih 80 peratus badannya melecur sebelum disahkan meninggal dunia di Hospital Serdang pada 1 Jun 2017.

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 ' KEADILAN TERHADAP NURFARHAN TERBELA - SELURUH RAKYAT MALAYSIA BERSYUKUR '

@Jackie San

PUTRAJAYA MALAYSIA: Tiada apa yang dapat menggambarkan perasaan ibu bapa kepada penuntut Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) Pegawai Kadet Laut Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain sebaik enam 'pendera' dijatuhi hukuman gantung sampai mati oleh Mahkamah Rayuan, hari ini.

Sebaik selesai prosiding yang berlangsung lebih tiga jam itu, Zulkarnain Idros, 59, dan Hawa Osman, 60, terus keluar dari mahkamah dan melakukan sujud syukur.

Mereka dilihat menangis dan menadah tangan syukur kerana apa yang diimpikan selama ini supaya enam pesalah itu diheret ke tali gantung tercapai.

"Keadilan terhadap anak saya kini terbela, kami bersyukur kepadaMu ya Allah," jerit Hawa.

Sementara itu, Zulkarnain berkata, keputusan hari ini adalah keadilan buat anaknya yang sudah pergi menemui Ilahi dalam keadaan menyayat hati.

"Kami mungkin akan buat kenduri doa selamat untuk keputusan ini," katanya ditemui selepas prosiding.

Ditanya keadaannya ketika mendengar alasan penghakiman dibacakan Hakim Mahkamah Rayuan, Zulkarnain mengakui dia dan isteri menangis sebaik mendengar keputusan.

"Anak kami cukup menderita apabila diseksa dengan kejam, banyak yang kita tidak tahu selama ini, akhirnya kami dapat dengar dengan jelas apa yang dilakukan mereka terhadap arwah," katanya.

Menurutnya, mereka sekeluarga bersyukur kepada Allah SWT kerana memakbulkan doa dan berterima kasih kepada rakyat Malaysia mengikuti perkembangan kes itu yang sudah lama mendesak supaya hukuman mati dikenakan ke atas pesalah.

"Terima kasih kepada barisan Timbalan Pendakwa Raya yang begitu hebat hingga dapat membuktikan adanya niat membunuh.

"Saya ucapkan terima kasih kepada hakim Mahkamah Rayuan yang membuat keputusan tepat dan mengembalikan kepada hukuman mati," katanya.

Katanya, bagaimanapun perjuangan mereka tidak terhenti hari ini kerana dimaklumkan semua pesalah itu akan membuat rayuan di Mahkamah Persekutuan.

"Saya dimaklumkan dalam masa dua hingga tiga minggu kes ini akan ke Mahkamah Persekutuan," katanya.

Terdahulu, Mahkamah Rayuan menjatuhkan hukuman gantung kepada enam bekas penuntut UPNM kerana membunuh Zulfarhan Osman, tujuh tahun lalu.

Mereka ialah Muhammad Akmal Zuhairi Azmal, Muhammad Azamuddin Mad Sofi, Muhammad Najib Mohd Razi, Muhammad Afif Najmudin Azahat, Mohamad Shobirin Sabri dan Abdoul Hakeem Mohd Ali yang kesemuanya kini berusia 28 tahun.

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Sebelum ini keenam-enam perayu yang juga responden dalam rayuan itu dihukum penjara 18 tahun kerana menyebabkan kematian tanpa niat terhadap arwah Zulfarhan Osman mengikut Seksyen 304(a) Kanun Keseksaan.

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PUTRAJAYA MALAYSIA: Enam bekas penuntut Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) dijatuhi hukuman gantung sampai mati oleh Mahkamah Rayuan hari ini kerana didapati membunuh Pegawai Kadet Laut Zulfarhan Osman ZuMereka ialah Muhammad Akmal Zuhairi Azmal, Muhammad Azamuddin Mad Sofi, Muhammad Najib Mohd Razi, Muhammad Afif Najmudin Azahat, Mohamad Shobirin Sabri dan Abdoul Hakeem Mohd Ali yang kesemuanya kini berusia 28 tahun.

Panel tiga hakim yang diketuai Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail membuat keputusan itu secara sebulat suara selepas membenarkan rayuan pendakwaan untuk mengembalikan semula tuduhan bunuh terhadap mereka mengikut Seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan.

"Mahkamah memutuskan hanya satu hukuman terhadap keenam-enam OKT iaitu mereka perlu dibawa ke suatu tempat penggantungan di mana di sana mereka akan digantung sampai mati.lkarnain, tujuh tahun lalu.

"Rayuan pendakwaan dibenarkan, hukuman penjara selama 18 tahun ditolak," kata Hadhariah yang bersidang bersama-sama Mohamed Zaini Mazlan dan Datuk Azmi Ariffin.

Sebelum ini keenam-enam perayu yang juga responden dalam rayuan itu dihukum penjara 18 tahun kerana menyebabkan kematian tanpa niat terhadap arwah Zulfarhan Osman mengikut Seksyen 304(a) Kanun Keseksaan.

Pada 15 Mei lalu, pihak pendakwaan berhujah, tindakan enam bekas penuntut universiti itu mendera dan menyebabkan 80 peratus badan rakan mereka Zulfarhan Osman melecur akibat tekapan seterika wap adalah perbuatan yang melampau.

Timbalan Pendakwa Raya K Mangai berhujah terdapat keterangan menunjukkan lima bekas penuntut itu atas arahan seorang lagi rakan mereka bergilir-gilir menekap seterika pada anggota badan si mati (Zulfarhan) kecuali pada bahagian muka dan belakang tapak tangan mengakibatkan beliau mengalami 90 kesan lecur yang menyebabkan kematiannya.

Pada 2 November 2021, Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur menjatuhkan hukuman penjara 18 tahun terhadap enam penuntut itu kerana didapati bersalah atas pertuduhan menyebabkan kematian tanpa niat Zulfarhan.

Hukuman penjara 18 tahun mengikut Seksyen 304(a) diberi oleh Hakim Datuk Azman Abdullah selepas melihat kepada pertimbangan pelbagai aspek termasuk semua pihak terjejas terutama kesan dialami keluarga mangsa.

Selain hukuman penjara 18 tahun, lima penuntut itu kecuali Mohamad Shobirin turut dijatuhi hukuman penjara tiga tahun mengikut Seksyen 330 kerana mencederakan Zulfarhan yang mana hukuman berkuatkuasa serentak.

Sebelum ini keenam-enamnya menghadapi pertuduhan membunuh Zulfarhan mengikut Seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan yang memperuntukkan hukuman mati mandatori, jika sabit kesalahan.

Sementara itu 12 lagi rakan mereka yang dipenjara tiga tahun dibenarkan untuk menggantung hukuman penjara dengan jaminan RM7,000 dikekalkan.

Mengikut pertuduhan, kesemua mereka yang ketika kejadian berusia 21 tahun didakwa melakukan kesalahan itu di dalam dua bilik, blok penginapan asrama Jebat universiti itu di Kem Perdana, Sungai Besi pada 21 dan 22 Mei 2017.

Dalam kejadian menyayat hati itu, Zulfarhan kemudian disahkan meninggal dunia di Hospital Serdang pada 1 Jun 2017.

'Keadilan terhadap anak saya kini terbela, kami bersyukur kepadaMu ya Allah'

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POPULATION IN JAPAN FALLS FOR 15TH YEAR IN A ROW - TOKYO JAPAN

POPULATION IN JAPAN FALLS FOR 15TH YEAR IN A ROW - TOKYO JAPAN

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Japan’s total population marked the 15th straight year of decline, according to government data released Wednesday, dropping by more than a half-million people as the population ages and births remain low.

Births in Japan hit a record low of 730,000 last year. The 1.58 million deaths last year were also a record high. Japan's population was 124.9 million as of Jan 1.

The data released by the Internal Affairs Ministry also showed that the 11% increase in foreign residents helped their population surpass 3 million for the first time. They now make up nearly 3% of the total population and are mostly of working age from 15 to 64.

Surveys show that younger Japanese are increasingly reluctant to marry or have children, discouraged by bleak job prospects, the high cost of living — which rises at a faster pace than salaries — and a gender-biased corporate culture that adds a burden only on women and working mothers.

The government earmarked 5.3 trillion yen ($34 billion) as part of the 2024 budget to fund incentives for young couples to have more children, such as increasing subsidies for childcare and education, and is expected to spend 3.6 trillion yen ($23 billion) in tax money annually over the next three years.

Experts say the measures are largely meant for married couples who plan to have or who already have children, and don't address the growing number of young people reluctant to get married.

Japan’s population is projected to fall by about 30%, to 87 million by 2070, when four out of every 10 people will be 65 years of age or older.

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MISSING WOMAN RESCUED NEAR TOKYO AFTER 36 HOURS ADRIFT AT SEA - YOKOKUSA JAPAN

MISSING WOMAN RESCUED NEAR TOKYO AFTER 36 HOURS ADRIFT AT SEA - YOKOKUSA JAPAN

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YOKOSUKA, Japan

A woman was rescued from the sea off Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Wednesday morning after drifting some 80 kilometers over about 36 hours, a local coast guard office said.

The 21-year-old Chinese woman, who was on a swim ring, was found dehydrated but conscious, according to the office.

She was swimming at Shirahama Ohama beach in Shizuoka Prefecture at around 7:30 p.m. on Monday with a friend during their travels, and was reported missing to police, the office said.

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TOKYO RESIDENTS SEEK TO BLOCK BUILDING OF MASSIVE DATA CENTER - TOKYO JAPAN

TOKYO RESIDENTS SEEK TO BLOCK BUILDING OF MASSIVE DATA CENTER - TOKYO JAPAN

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A group of residents in Tokyo said on Wednesday they were aiming to block construction of a massive logistics and data center planned by Singaporean developer GLP, in a worrying sign for businesses looking to Japan to meet growing demand.

The petition by more than 220 residents of Akishima city in western Tokyo follows a successful bid in December in Nagareyama city to quash a similar data-center plan.

The Akishima residents were concerned the center would threaten wildlife, cause pollution and a spike in electricity usage, and drain its water supply which comes solely from groundwater.

They filed a petition to audit the urban planning procedure that approved GLP's 3.63-million-megawatt data center, which GLP estimated would likely emit about 1.8 million tons of carbon dioxide a year.

"One company will be responsible for ruining Akishima. That's what this development is," Yuji Ohtake, a representative of the residents' group, told a press conference.

Global tech firms such as Microsoft, Amazon and Oracle also have plans to build data centers in Japan.

The residents estimated that 3,000 of 4,800 trees on the site would have to be cut down, threatening the area's Eurasian goshawk birds and badgers.

"It's an unbelievably negligent plan," said representative Hiroyuki Hasegawa.

The group was considering filing for arbitration to steer GLP toward reconsidering its plan, in which it is set to commence building in February, with completion by early 2029.

GLP declined to comment on the residents' action.

Japan's data center market is expected to grow 10.8% in 2027 and 7.6% in 2028 amid demand from digital transformation and cloud services, according to real estate services firm Jones Lang Lasalle.

In 2023, Japan saw a record 112 billion yen direct investment into data centre real estate, JLL's data showed.

Local opposition has also been growing over the construction of a data centre in Kashiwa city near Tokyo.

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CREW FAILURE TO KEEP LOOKOUT BEHIND APRIL CHOPPER CRASH: JAPAN MINISTRY

CREW FAILURE TO KEEP LOOKOUT BEHIND APRIL CHOPPER CRASH: JAPAN MINISTRY

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TOKYO

Japan's Defense Ministry said Tuesday crew failing to keep a lookout was among the causes for two Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters colliding in April over the Pacific in an incident that claimed the lives of all eight personnel aboard.

The two SH-60K choppers may have mistaken the distance between them and taken no maneuvers to avoid contact until they collided during a night drill to detect submarines, according to the investigation results released by the ministry.

Each of the helicopters was under the control of a ship-based officer giving instructions, and poor communication between the two officers in charge was also a factor in the collision, it said, noting they failed to take preventive steps such as ordering the choppers to fly at different altitudes.

As measures to prevent such incidents occurring in the future, the ministry will consider installing proximity warning devices, ensuring crew maintain a proper lookout, and requiring officers in charge to communicate adequately and keep the choppers at separate altitudes when necessary, it said.

"Taking the investigation results seriously, we will make every possible effort to take countermeasures, with a determination not to cause any single casualty," Defense Minister Minoru Kihara told a press conference.

Drills involving multiple SH-60Ks are allowed from Tuesday. Since early May, operations had been restricted to flights by single helicopters.

The two choppers, each carrying four MSDF members, collided on April 20 when conducting the exercise above waters around 270 kilometers east of Torishima Island, about 600 km south of Tokyo, in the Izu island chain, with the water's depth at about 5,500 meters.

The two aircraft were moving to the same target spot to drop sonar devices into the water to detect a submarine.

One of the eight crew members was confirmed dead the following day. Last month, the SDF declared the seven missing crewmen dead, while continuing its search efforts for their bodies and the fuselages of the crashed helicopters.

Flight recorder data indicated no abnormalities in either of the choppers, according to the ministry.

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