Apr 11 (NHK) - A military parachute was found on a tennis court at a junior high school in Tokyo's Hamura City on Tuesday.
The US military says the parachute fell during a parachute training exercise.
Japan's Defense Ministry says it received a report from the city that a student found the unfolded US military parachute on the tennis court of Hamura No. 3 Junior High School at around 4:50 PM.
The parachute is about 3 meters long. No damage or injuries have been reported.
The US military has explained that its troops were holding a parachute training exercise at the time.
It says that one paratrooper used his spare parachute during a jump onto Yokota Air Base after his main chute failed to open, and the unfolded parachute fell to the ground.
Source: ANNnewsCH