(UPDATE) TOKYO: A major search operation continued off Japan on Monday for seven people missing after two navy helicopters apparently collided over the weekend, with one crew member confirmed dead.

The SH-60K helicopters, each with four crew on board, were conducting submarine location drills off the Izu Islands in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday night.

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