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Post after meeting Defense Minister Koizumi
Published by George Glass (U.S. Ambassador to Japan) on October 6, 2026.
the ambassador's Oct 6 statement on the SOFA
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… @USAmbJapan (ジョージ・グラス駐日米国大使): The strength of the U.S.-Japan Alliance is its foundation of trust, transparency, accountability, and mutual respect. During today's meeting with @ModJapan_jp Minister @shinjirokoiz, I emphasized that with the U.S. servicemember in Okinawa Prefectural Police custody and facing justice through the Japanese judicial system, the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) is working. @ModJapan_en PHOTO: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HT8BLGhaEAAqQ5g.jpg date: Tue Oct 06 09:35:48 +0000 2026 url: https://x.com/USAmbJapan/status/2107404446133260796 likes: 991 retweets: 151 replies: 35
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- Japan holds a U.S. Marine in the killing of an Okinawa woman, and Okinawa says U.S. discipline measures have failed · cited for the U.S. side's case on the SOFA
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Timeline entries this record anchors: The U.S. orders a pause and a curfew.