City protests to U.S. military, Japan gov't over parachute incident

The city of Hamura in Tokyo protested to the U.S. military and the Japanese government Wednesday over the dropping of a U.S. Air Force parachute on the grounds of a school during a drill the previous day."It could have been a life-threatening incident" and was extremely regrettable, Hamura Mayor Shin Namiki said in letters handed to the U.S. military and the Japanese Defense Ministry by city officials, according to the city government. He also sent a letter of protest to the Foreign Ministry.The U.S. military has told the Japanese government it will suspend parachute drills until the cause …READ FULL ARTICLE