TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese air force plane crashed Wednesday soon after taking off for a training flight in central Japan, the top government spokesperson said. The T-4 training plane belonging to ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan grounded most of its aging military training aircraft on Wednesday after one of the planes crashed minutes after take off. Two crew are missing after the T-4 training aircraft ...

TOKYO — 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 Thursday.