On May 22, local time, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force released news that on May 14, a Self-Defense Forces T-4 trainer crashed in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and the 2 people on board were confirmed dead. On the 14th local time, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force training plane disappeared from radar during a flight near Inuyama in Aichi Prefecture. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Lin Fang confirmed on the same day that a T-4 trainer plane of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force crashed shortly after taking off from the Japan Air Self-Defense Forces' Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture.

On May 22, local time, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force released news that on May 14, a Self-Defense Forces T-4 trainer crashed in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and the 2 people on board were confirmed dead. On the 14th local time, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force training plane disappeared from radar during a flight near Inuyama in Aichi Prefecture. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Lin Fang confirmed on the same day that a T-4 trainer plane of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force crashed shortly after taking off from the Japan Air Self-Defense Forces' Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture.