Japan's F-35 fighter jet disappears from radar in drill: NHK

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]

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.