![An F-35 fighter aircraft of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force takes part in a military review at the Ground Self-Defence Force's Asaka training ground in Asaka, Saitama prefecture on October 14, 2018. [File photo: AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi]](http://img1.zhytuku.meldingcloud.com/images/zhycms_chinaplus/20190409/50fcacd4-0a62-492a-8b30-db8d531bddd6.jpg?x-oss-process=image/resize,w_650)
Japanese Defense Ministry officials said one of the F-35 fighter jets of the Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) disappeared from radar in northern Japan at about 7:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, according to NHK.
The ASDF officials are currently searching for the fighter jet after it lost contact in a drill.
