r/japan • u/Superb-Molasses-9363 • 2h ago

Japan PM Sanae Takaichi Calls Okinawa Killing a 'Heinous Crime' as Public Fury Targets US Military

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/japan-pm-demands-us-cooperation-okinawa-killing-1823871
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u/Jaded-Currency-5680 1h ago

so, is she going to do anything about it?

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u/tarkinn 38m ago

Just yapping

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u/Frexulfe 1h ago

Meanwhile:

https://www.reddit.com/r/japannews/comments/1wvnnyu/japan_prosecutors_seek_18_months_jail_sentence/

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u/LivingstonPerry 1h ago

yeah that is pretty crazy. different killings equal different sentencing.

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u/Dark-Blackberry354 1h ago

Ok.... Why deviate from the conversation on this murderer on occupied land? Gotta love whataboutism

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u/denys5555 2h ago

If he’s found guilty, hang him

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u/Commercial_Name_7900 1h ago

give him to Japan so he gets their death penalty treatment

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u/denys5555 1h ago

Of course he should be tried by Japan

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u/Isekai_Dreamer 1h ago

should be automatic death sentence for anyone who murders an innocent civilian in a host country, especially if you're in the military.

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u/ChillViscacha 53m ago

"Automatic" sentences for anything are a moronic idea, just look at the US where mandatory minimum sentences led to overcrowded prisons and entrenched criminal milieus, but it's especially moronic for the death penalty for well-known reasons like its irreversibility in case of a (not particularly rare) error.

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u/justwatchthefire 1h ago

Hey then anti foreigner brigade? Where are you??

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u/LHPSU 48m ago
  1. Yell 'not all soldiers' and loudly decry the prejudice against US soldiers
  2. Blame the Communist Party and the previous governor for framing the soldier
  3. Denounce people for politicizing and exploiting tragedy, you know, like they did when a girl died in that boat accident

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u/Donnie607 2h ago

Good about time they get what they deserve 😈😈😈

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u/sometimelater0212 12m ago

What is that exactly?

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u/sabedo 1h ago

He should be executed but I doubt that’ll happen 

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u/Top_Acanthisitta_465 6m ago

Nothing will happen, he will be sentenced by US, Japan has no justification to sentence US military personnel

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u/thefirebrigades 1h ago

American occupation forces are effectively immune to Japanese law.

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u/hobovalentine 21m ago

lol wumao.

Have you heard of SOFA?

He’s going to trial and will be sentenced and imprisoned & then jailed again once he’s released from Japanese prison. He isn’t getting out for a long time if ever.

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u/thefirebrigades 18m ago

law is law, americans have always gotten off.

Girard got zero jail time, Issac hurt got his entire sentence commuted, Alkonis got released as soon as they could lol

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u/Clearwater7893 12m ago

He's right. This isn't the 1st time US military personnel misbehaving in Japan.

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u/No-Telephone5141 9m ago

Pavlov reaction. Every chinese opinion brought down to wumao or CPC shill. Sickening attitude.

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u/TheRealBejeezus 1h ago

I don't know if that covers murder, exactly, but they sure act that way when it comes to basically everything else. US military on leave in Japan are even worse than the worst "US tourist" stereotypes.

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u/thefirebrigades 19m ago

its a historic trend, Girard got zero jail time, Issac hurt got his entire sentence commuted, Alkonis got released as soon as they could lol

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u/Dull-Captain1679 13m ago

This crime has certainly got the Chinese troll farms all riled up on here

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u/capaho 1h ago

She made no such public statement of outrage a few days ago when a Japanese man threw his children off of a sixth-floor balcony.

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u/HaplessWasTaken 1h ago

Crazy murderers appear in every country. Another country's military killing your own citizen is a much larger international concern.

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u/capaho 1h ago

Few things are more outrageous than parents murdering their children. Takaichi is just exploiting the Okinawa murder to promote her anti-foreigner agenda. It’s a cynical political ploy.

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u/Optischlong 1h ago

japan are masters at denying abhorrent war atrocities

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u/HugoStigglitzs 1h ago

Well from what I seen of her Instagram and posts she was very fond of military guys but she doesn’t deserve death for anything of that. Poor girl had her life taken away.