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The two SH-60K choppers from the Maritime Self Defense Force were carrying four crew each and lost contact late Saturday near Torishima island about 600 kilometres south of Tokyo, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said
Seven people were missing Sunday after an apparent accident overnight involving two Japanese military helicopters out to sea, officials said.
Japan retains the death penalty for its most serious crimes, like multiple murders.
A Japanese court on Thursday sentenced to death a man who was a minor at the time of his crime three years ago, in the first capital punishment case since the country lowered the legal age of adulthood, public broadcaster NHK and other media said.
Kishida makes first visit since deadly Jan. 1 earthquakes, amid worries about spreading diseases in evacuation centres