Japan offering 3 US-2 to Indonesia at $100 million each

Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Wiranto, disclosed that Japan’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Yasuaki Tanizaki, has told him Tokyo is wiling to sell 3 US-2 amphibious planes to Jakarta for $100 million each.

ShinMaywa US-2 at Atsugi
By Toshiro Aoki (http://jp-spotters.com/6032LL.html) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

However, Wiranto stressed that Indonesia is now in discussions with Japan over the purchase of the aircraft.