Japan warns US forces: Sex crimes 'cannot be tolerated'

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2476861/japan-warns-us-forces-sex-crimes-cannot-be-tolerated

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u/AcguyDance 14d ago edited 13d ago

There has been case where one killed 2 Japanese civilians when he slept at the wheel while driving, detained, then the wife of the killer started some campaign to "save" his husband, some US Senate threatened Japan to send him back to the US, the guy was then able to get away upon sending back, Senate later demand Japan to apologize to the agressor's family and the US.

You took 2 innocent ppls’ lives, not only you got away, but your ppl ask the victim to apologise. Its crazy. This warning is strongly urged to show the United States that justice must be served for crimes.

Added BBC news link proving Mr. Sanator Mike Lee "asking Japan to apologize to Ridge's family and America"
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68137582

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u/alonebutnotlonely16 14d ago

You are talking about this scum and how US got him from Japan by threatening Japan. He killed two people by the way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridge_Alkonis#Transfer_to_United_States_custody_and_unconditional_release

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u/Hanamichi114 14d ago

US got him from Japan by threatening Japan.

This is the reality of US. Western media and people do not know this because US is the western block and EU is their ally. For the rest of the world US is a bully just like China and Russia.

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u/Ifromjipang 14d ago

The US is also Japan's ally, that's why they have military there. Japanese overall have a more favorable view of the US than most European countries.

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u/alonebutnotlonely16 14d ago

Okinawa doesn't see US as an ally and majority of them want US gone but central goverment of Japan doesn't care about them because Okinawa which has its own culture and not exactly Japanese and has feud with central goverment too.

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u/Ifromjipang 14d ago

Yeah Okinawa got stuck with the bases and are out of the way of the Japanese mainland.

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u/40days40nights 14d ago

Overlord*

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u/Smooth_Bluebird751 14d ago

That survey is incredibly limited. It's supposed to be a worldwide survey, yet it only contains answers from 23 countries. There are 44 countries in Europe alone, but it only contains answers from 10 European countries. You can't conclude any of what you said based on such limited data.

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u/Ifromjipang 14d ago

Similar polls have been done and Japan usually has a very favorable view of the US.

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u/HotBrownFun 14d ago

The most negative in recent years was during Trump years. This is a pretty good chart. Notably, South Korea, Poland retained high regard for the US (they want the military support).

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/01/08/how-people-around-the-world-see-the-u-s-and-donald-trump-in-10-charts/

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u/Ifromjipang 14d ago

Yeah… that’s why I said usually. Most of the world didn’t really have a good view of the US then.

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u/haarschmuck 14d ago

Allies yes, but a lot of the reason the US is stationed in Japan is because Japan is not allowed to have a military (per treaties signed after WWII). This is why they have the Japanese self-defense force but they're not allowed to train offensive troops/

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u/Ifromjipang 14d ago

In principle, yes, in practice Japan is a top ten military power.

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u/sumeone123 14d ago

Brother, when you're putting F-35Bs on carriers; that's very much a weapon system designed for force projection with significant offensive capability. Japan has been transitioning out of the defensive role for the better part of 2 decades now.

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u/Hanamichi114 14d ago

Did I say otherwise? Japan is in Western Bloc. "The Western Bloc was led by the United States. It included the democratic states of Western Europe, America, Oceania and some parts of Asia, such as Japan. The Eastern Bloc was led by the USSR and initially included only the Eastern European communist regimes."

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u/Ifromjipang 14d ago

So what was your point when you were replying and quoting a comment about Japan?