Hours earlier, the US army in Okinawa introduced a 48-hour pause of all army operations for coaching by means of midday on Friday, in addition to limiting the power of troops to depart their base and prohibiting the consumption of alcohol.
Lieutenant normal Benjamin Watson, commander of III Marine Expeditionary Drive, wrote in a letter posted Tuesday on X that episodes like these “demand we pause for reflection” and that serving on the Japanese island “comes with duty”.
US troops on Okinawa might be below a curfew from midnight to 5am for 30 days following the two-day coaching interval, Watson stated.
Koja stated he appreciated immediate response from the Japanese and US governments to the homicide case “as an indication they each took the case significantly”.
Nonetheless, he might want to see particulars of the continuing coaching, he stated, and requested the Japanese involvement to make US disciplinary measures more practical.
A majority of the greater than 50,000 US troops stationed in Japan below a bilateral safety settlement are primarily based on the island.
Earlier Monday, Koja made the identical request in his assembly with Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and International Minister Toshimitsu Motegi.
