US Ally Investigates Alleged Chinese Drone Footage of Navy Carrier

A video apparently shot by a drone flying over Japan’s first aircraft carrier since World War II has prompted an investigation after being published on Chinese social media. The 20-second video and accompanying photos of JS Izumo were uploaded to video-sharing platform Bilibili on March 26 by a user claiming they’d been recorded by drone at the Yokosuka naval port in Kanagawa Prefecture. “We are at the stage of confirming whether it was really taken from a drone or whether it is a forgery, Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of Tokyo’s de facto navy the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), said…