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Monday, July 23, 2012

Protests as US Osprey aircraft arrive in Japan

MV-22 OspreyThe US military's Osprey aircraft arrived in Japan Monday as residents rallied against their deployment after recent crashes raised safety concerns.

Live television footage showed the MV-22s being unloaded from a cargo ship at the US Marines' base in Iwakuni, western Japan.

Local protesters in a dozen small boats demonstrated against the controversial aircraft's arrival, chanting "We don't want the dangerous Osprey!" and "Osprey, go back to America".

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