Firefighters gather for a search operation as a Japanese air force plane crashed after taking off for a training flight, at a pond in Inuyama, central Japan, Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Firefighters gather for a search operation as a Japanese air force plane crashed after taking off for a training flight, at a pond in Inuyama, central Japan, Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Firefighters search the area where a Japan Air Self-Defense Force training plane T-4 crashed, at Lake Iruka in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture (JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images) ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's air force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 military training aircraft after one of the planes crashed minutes after takeoff, officials said ...

A Japanese military training plane crashed shortly after takeoff, authorities said Wednesday, with reports indicating two people were aboard the aircraft, which appeared to have fallen into a lake.

TOKYO — Japanese defense officials said Friday they recovered the remains of one of two crew members who were missing since their military training aircraft crashed earlier this week. The air ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s air force chief on Thursday confirmed the deaths of two service members whose training aircraft crashed last week. The T-4 plane with two… ...

Japan’s air force chief has confirmed the deaths of two service members whose training aircraft crashed last week. The T-4 plane with two aboard crashed into a reservoir minutes after takeoff ...