The Stars & Stripes this past weekend had a good series of articles about how the system of anti-Americanism operates on the Japanese island of Okinawa works.  Similar to Korea, the Okinawa media is openly anti-American, which feeds old perceptions of servicemembers.  However this is something that a little money can’t solve.
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It is a tad bit ironic that this announcement has happened right after the violence from Chinese students on the streets of Seoul:
The Defense Ministry on Monday announced it is working on the details of a comprehensive military cooperation agreement with Japan. A ministry official said in order to upgrade military cooperation between the two […]

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This really isn’t surprising that the Okinawa Marine that had charges dropped against him by the Okinawa police, is now being charged by the military:

The Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old Okinawa girl in February now faces court-martial charges that could send him to prison for the rest of his life.
Staff Sgt. Tyrone L. Hadnott, […]

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I wonder how much outrage will be expressed in Japan over this murder of a taxi driver by a soldier in the Japanese military:

A 19-year-old member of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force was arrested Tuesday for allegedly stabbing a taxi driver to death in Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, prefecture police said.
The JGSDF member, whose name […]

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The USFK-ization of US forces in Japan continues:

All servicemembers assigned to Marine Corps Bases Japan and III Marine Expeditionary Force are now required to carry liberty cards, officials said Thursday.
The new policy also requires E-4s and below to be accompanied by a buddy when on liberty off base, Marine spokesman 1st Lt. Judd Wilson said […]

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The Yokosuka sailor who murdered a Japanese cab driver claims the “voices” made him do it:
It wasn’t the cab fare that prompted a U.S. sailor to kill a taxi driver but rather a chorus of echoing voices in his head, the seaman’s lawyer said Friday.
Attorney Yasutoshi Murakami told Stars and Stripes on Friday […]

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A Yokosuka based US Navy sailor suspected of killing a Japanese cab driver has now been arrested for the crime:
Japanese police arrested a U.S. sailor Thursday in the stabbing death of a taxi driver near an American naval base outside Tokyo last month, officials said.
A 22-year-old crew member of the Yokosuka-based ship USS Cowpens was […]

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Does anyone know any expat in Korea as crazy as this expat from Japan?
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Japanese police admit to no material evidence against the Yokosuka sailor other then the credit card found in the taxi of the murdered cab driver.
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The AWOL US sailor who’s credit card was found left in the taxi of a murdered cab driver is now in the custody of US Naval authorities:

The Yokosuka sailor sought for information about a slain taxi driver was found by U.S. Navy authorities Saturday and taken into U.S. custody.
Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents picked up […]

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This is not good news for US servicemembers stationed in Japan:

Authorities are searching for a US sailor in Japan after his credit card was reportedly found in the car of a taxi driver who was stabbed to death.
The case comes with relations between Japan and the US military tense, following a series of high-profile crimes […]

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Politicians in Okinawa are proposing Status of Forces Agreement changes that would treat all USFJ personnel living off post as sex offenders:

If you live off base in Japan, the country’s leading opposition parties want to know who you are and where you live.
If they get their way, all Americans living outside the base gates under […]

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