It has been said before "the Marines couldn't hold a bake sale on Okinawa without a protest..."
Interesting link regarding the Japanese Defense Minister taking an Osprey ride- hey if is good enough for the "first fog" it must be pretty good.
I can't help but think that a second Japanese F-35 batch buy will include a few "B's" and lol and behold, those new "destroyers" will go to sea with F-35's and Ospreys eventually.