IWAKUNI, Yamaguchi -- Aerial acrobatics and ground ... a team of instructor pilots from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF)'s Ozuki Air Base in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

at the Iwakuni base. Fukuda told reporters he plans to keep an eye on the operations of the Osprey to see whether its deployment affects citizens' lives. The Yamaguchi prefectural government will ...

Yamaguchi Prefecture. These include the F-35C stealth fighter and the CMV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. Both models, making their debut in Japan, have already arrived at the Iwakuni base.