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Two protesters against the deployment of a US military base on an island in Japan have been killed. (en.topwar.ru)

submitted 1 month ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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Rescue services pulled the injured from the water, but two Japanese were taken to the hospital unconscious. Doctors were unable to help. Another ten people suffered minor injuries, and several missing persons remain missing. The search in the area is ongoing.

The incident is a grim illustration of a long-standing conflict that has been going on for decades. Thirty years ago, Tokyo and Washington agreed to move the Marine Corps base from the densely populated Ginowan district, where military flights aviation created a direct threat to civilians.

But the new deployment location has sparked no less protest. Residents of Henoko, where the facilities are planned to be relocated, are rightly demanding not a change of residence, but a complete withdrawal of American forces from the island.

Regular protests have long been the norm here. Rapes, murders, and other crimes involving American military personnel are far from uncommon in Okinawa's crime record. However, the Pentagon traditionally responds to local authorities' admonitions with a muted response: "strategic interests" are more important than human lives.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Absolutely no information about how this happened, did the boats collide? Were the Americans involved in any way at all? Were they wearing life jackets?

Absolutely pointless article.

[–] knightly@pawb.social 14 points 1 month ago

Look at that source, might as well be posted by the Israeli state department for how much I'd trust it.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Who? Two Japanese citizens who were protesting on a boat

What? They were protesting the relocation of a US military base in Japan, their country.

What? The two died. The doctors could not do anything.

Where? Off the coast I assume, in the water. Some people are still missing.

Okay but what? What happened? The two jumped willingly into the water? Cruel ocean?

Did the boat sink and that's why many remain missing?

Did our wonderful men and women shoot the boat and then shot the survivors like fish in a barrel?

Oh, please great Odin ruler of everything there's to see with the one remaining eye of the laser society deities! Might it be possible to bless us with the missing knowledge of what the heck happened and how? Did they get shot, drowned, dehydrated, chopped, ground, run-over? Anything?

As is, this article is full of incomplete information.

[–] Cherry@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago

Reads like a brief, intended for fox moulder. Was it the government, was it aliens, why where they out there.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

This article is fucking pointless.

[–] inconel@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

From what I gatheted from JP news outlets an activist org had some outreach that they have high school students on the ship. Students were killed in such activity during their field trip.

The activist org did not have license to carry people as an organization or business, and are currently under investigation whether their safety measure was sufficient.

The conflict may be the root cause but this looks safety issue than political one.