U.S. Marines parachute into undesignated area during training

Two U.S. Marines participating in parachute drop training on Tuesday landed in an undesignated field on Okinawa's Ie Island, the local village said.On the same day, U.S. forces also conducted a parachute drop at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa Island, the fourth of its kind this year despite an agreement with Japan specifying that such training is to be carried out on Ie Island.The parachute training at the Kadena base prompted Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono to express strong concern. "It is a very regrettable development that could affect the Japan-U.S. alliance," he told reporters in Toky…READ FULL ARTICLE