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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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[–] Pickleideas@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

"have been killed" feels intentionally misleading/inflammatory, the writers are trying to paint a picture that it was the result of US military action.

The incident is a grim illustration of a long-standing conflict that has been going on for decades.

Two people died after a boat capsized—we have no idea what caused it to sink

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Of course it's misleading, it's a Russian news site. This is the same country actively cracking down on independent speech and blacking out it's citizen's internet.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

I have a feeling this was a collision, which would explain why two boats sank, and the two dead were injured in the collision.