Welcome to Black Tokyo! Following the allegation that a US Marine Staff Sergeant raped a young girl, I have decided to expand my research of the US-Japan/Okinawa relationship in the hopes of identifying weaknesses in the so-called “mutual” defense treaty and “host” nation support. I will focus on certain crimes committed by USFJ and the [...]

I have blogged about crimes committed by US military personnel and Japan’s knee-jerk reaction in dealing with the United States. The latest incident involves a 22-year old sailor, Olatunbosun Ugbogu, that alledgedly killed a Japanese taxi driver. The fact that the Nigerian national was not spotted reentering and leaving the base is likely to call into [...]