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One dead, seven missing after two Japanese military helicopters crash

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A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. [AFP]

One died and seven people were missing Sunday after an apparent accident overnight involving two Japanese military helicopters out to sea, officials said.

A spokesman for Japan's Self-Defense Force (SDF) confirmed the late Saturday incident to AFP and said that one person was rescued but later confirmed dead.

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