Question:
Have you ever heard of the SOFA, short for U.S.–Japan Status of Forces Agreement, which is an agreement between Japan and the U.S. and it concerns the treatment of United States Armed Forces stationed in Japan.
The SOFA has become a major political issue following instances of violent crimes allegedly and actually committed by servicemembers.
Recently, a servicemember cause a car accident and kill a your Japanese boy but the man was just transferred back to the US and didn't face any charges against him except 4-month license suspension in the States.
In most cases of the violent crimes including rape, murder, fatal and minor car accidents caused by the US military members stationed in Japan, Japan doesn't have the right to bring them to justice in Japanese court, instead they were just transferred back to the States and didn't face any criminal charges.
Japanese people are mad about it and starting to demand a comprehensive review of the agreement.
I'd like to know how many American people know this fact.
Answer:
I had no previous knowledge of said agreement. That sucks pretty hard for your country. The first thing that I think of is, I hope that this unfortunate state of affairs does not reflect to poorly on the rest of us (Americans) as a group. There are some of us that are completely the opposite of this stereotype. I sincerely hope that no one you know personally was involved in any of these incidents. I would like to apologize to you for the behavior of my country men. 申し訳ありません
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