TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. military helicopters in Japan will deploy to the earthquake-hit Noto peninsula on the country’s west coast to help with relief efforts, Japanese Defence Minister Minoru Kihara said on Tuesday. Japan has asked the U.S. forces to help deliver relief materials as its Self-Defence Forces are currently focusing on transporting evacuees, Kihara said. “From Wednesday, January 17 on, the U.S. forces in Japan plan to transport relief goods to Noto airport with UH-60 helicopters for disaster victims, while using the Air Self-Defence Force’s Komatsu base as headquarters,” Kihara sai…