Japanese Army Helicopter Crashes, One Death Confirmed

Japanese Army Helicopter Crashes, One Death Confirmed
Smoke billows from a house after a Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force's Apache attack helicopter crashed in Kanzaki, Saga prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo Feb. 5, 2018. Kyodo/via Reuters
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TOKYO—A Japanese army Apache attack helicopter crashed in western Japan on Monday, killing one of two people on board and sparking a fire in a residential area near a school and a nursery, according to media reports.

The crash comes amid heightened scrutiny of military flights following a series of emergency landings and parts falling from aircraft operated by the U.S. Marines on the southern island of Okinawa.