The United States has apologized to Japan over consecutive U.S. military aircraft incidents, a day after a U.S. helicopter made an emergency landing on the grounds of a hotel on the southern island of Okinawa.
The emergency landing, coming just days after a similar mishap, was the latest in a series of incidents involving U.S. military aircraft in Okinawa that have further fuelled public opposition to the U.S. presence there.
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Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera says U.S. counterpart James Mattis had apologized for the latest incident in a telephone meeting, where the two parties had agreed to prevent any re-occurrences.
Resentment has simmered among residents of the southern Japanese island who bemoan what they see as an unfair burden in supporting the U.S. military presence in Japan.
