At around 8:40 a.m. on the 21st, the fire department received a report that "a tank had misfired during a shooting exercise" at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Hishidai training ground in Oita Prefecture. According to the fire department and other sources, four Ground Self-Defense Force members were injured, two men died, and one man is in critical condition with cardiopulmonary arrest. A female member in her 20s was conscious and was airlifted to a hospital by helicopter - reports

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At around 8:40 a.m. on the 21st, the fire department received a report that "a tank had misfired during a shooting exercise" at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Hishidai training ground in Oita Prefecture. According to the fire department and other sources, four Ground Self-Defense Force members were injured, two men died, and one man is in critical condition with cardiopulmonary arrest. A female member in her 20s was conscious and was airlifted to a hospital by helicopter - reports

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