TOKYO, March 14 (Xinhua) -- A member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces (GSDF) has been killed during a training exercise in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, the GSDF said Friday.

The 18-year-old male candidate allegedly opened fire at three GSDF personnel at the organization's Hino shooting range during live-fire training in Gifu City, central Japan, on Wednesday.

A 5.56 mm Minimi machine gun, the same type that fell and hit a Ground Self-Defense Force sergeant during rope descent training, is pictured in this image provided by the GSDF. A falling machine ...

The officials were also looking into the appropriateness of Kobayashi and a number of other GSDF officers using ministry vehicles for the visit. In June 2015, a number of GSDF members studying at ...

“First of all, I want people to know about this problem,” Nakamura, a first lieutenant in the GSDF Northern Army Headquarters, has said. He joined the GSDF in 1993 and has been engaged in ...