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A US navy sailor, Petty Officer Aimee Mejia, has been arrested in Okinawa on suspicion of drunk driving. She was involved in a three-car accident injuring two people on Saturday. Before this accident, an American civilian base worker was arrested on suspicion of abandoning the body of a Japanese woman. There are plans to relocate the Futenma airbase. However, because of a series of alleged crimes by US military personnel, many residents want to see it removed.
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I think that US military should take responsibility for their actions and Japanese should regard Americans in Japan not as foreign part of Japan but as a part of Japan. Indeed, not only US military but also many Japanese cause accidents like that ,so some people may say it is unfair to blame an American to such an extent. I partly agree with this idea. However, I think it is inevitable for incident by Americans to stand out because Japan is racially homogeneous and there is a complicated past between Japan and US. I think U.S military in Japan should have self-awareness that they represent US. I think the best way to solve is not so much completely to separate US base and residential area in Okinawa as to get along with each other and establish deep trust of both sides.