Before delivering her policy address at the interim Diet plenary session today, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed “extreme regret” over the suspected murder of the US military stationed in Japan in Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture, expressed “strong protest” against the US side, and demanded that the US take measures to prevent such incidents from happening again. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said earlier today: “The incidents and accidents caused by the US military stationed in Japan have brought great anxiety to local residents. This should never have happened. Although various measures have been taken so far, such cruel and vicious incidents have occurred, and US military personnel have been arrested. Japan extremely regrets this, and will continue to demand that the US military stationed in Japan clean up the rules and completely prevent similar incidents from happening again.” Kihara said that Japan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi and Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi have separately lodged strong protests with the US side and requested full cooperation from the US side in the investigation. Allegedly, “US Ambassador to Japan George Glass expressed deep regret and said that all necessary precautions will be taken.”

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Before delivering her policy address at the interim Diet plenary session today, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed “extreme regret” over the suspected murder of the US military stationed in Japan in Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture, expressed “strong protest” against the US side, and demanded that the US take measures to prevent such incidents from happening again. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said earlier today: “The incidents and accidents caused by the US military stationed in Japan have brought great anxiety to local residents. This should never have happened. Although various measures have been taken so far, such cruel and vicious incidents have occurred, and US military personnel have been arrested. Japan extremely regrets this, and will continue to demand that the US military stationed in Japan clean up the rules and completely prevent similar incidents from happening again.” Kihara said that Japan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi and Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi have separately lodged strong protests with the US side and requested full cooperation from the US side in the investigation. Allegedly, “US Ambassador to Japan George Glass expressed deep regret and said that all necessary precautions will be taken.”