On July 6, 2020, a V22 Osprey aircraft destined for the Japan Ground SelfDefense Force stationed at Camp Kisarazu successfully prepared for departure from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Japan. These aircraft represent the initial batch of a total of five Ospreys that Japan had ordered in 2015, with a contract value of $332 million. Fast forward to the present, since Japan officially received its inaugural Bell Boeing V22 Osprey, it has become the first nation other than the US to possess and operate this versatile tiltrotor aircraft. But what was the reason behind Japan's purchase of the V22 Osprey?

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