Mookoo said...

Mookoo at 05:44 PM JST - 21st November

I wonder where the power, water, and HR comes from to run those bases?

Posted in Gov't to admit existence of secret pact on U.S. bringing nukes into Japan at 05:44 PM JST - 21st November
Mookoo at 05:11 PM JST - 21st November

They're just confirming what the Americans have already released. The information is available in English. It's not a secret, and hasn't been for a while. All they are doing is changing policy to stop repeating an obvious lie. No biggie.

Posted in Gov't to admit existence of secret pact on U.S. bringing nukes into Japan at 05:11 PM JST - 21st November
Mookoo at 11:50 PM JST - 20th November

I'd bet dollars to donuts that 90% of the so-called whale meat lovers here have never tasted the stuff. Foul!

Posted in Australia 'deeply disappointed' at start of Japanese whale hunt at 11:50 PM JST - 20th November
Mookoo at 03:50 PM JST - 20th November

Someone (probably his lawyers) have finally got him to understand that an apology, no matter how insincere, will get him leniency here. All he needs to do is act the part. It is really different from the US system, and takes some time to figure out the way things work…

Posted in U.S. Army man admits involvement in Okinawa hit-and-run accident at 03:50 PM JST - 20th November
Mookoo at 08:30 PM JST - 16th November

2)Confession made under compulsion, torture or threat, or after prolonged arrest or detention shall not be admitted in evidence. 3)No person shall be convicted or punished in cases where the only proof against him is his own confession.

Very interesting - thank you. From what I have read over the…

Posted in U.S. Army member refuses to answer questions on hit-and-run at 08:30 PM JST - 16th November
Mookoo at 05:49 PM JST - 16th November

Ah, so the UCMJ has an article similar to the Fifth Amendment. But, does this apply when the crime has been committed off-base, and against a civilian citizen of a sovereign nation? The recent changes to the SOFA (after the schoolgirl gang-rape in 1995 on Okinawa) call for suspects to…

Posted in U.S. Army member refuses to answer questions on hit-and-run at 05:49 PM JST - 16th November
Mookoo at 04:47 PM JST - 16th November

As a member of the US military, he is subject to the uniform military code of justice. He can be compelled (ordered) to speak, and if he refuses, he can be court martialed and thrown in the brig. Unless, of course, his commander is inclined to cover up for him.…

Posted in U.S. Army member refuses to answer questions on hit-and-run at 04:47 PM JST - 16th November
Mookoo at 09:58 PM JST - 11th November

smartacus, what about flights around japan, his accommodation and meals while working at the first company in Kobe? There's close to a year that his whereabouts are unaccounted for. How'd he pay for anything during that time? His first surgery to change his looks enough to get a job? A…

Posted in Ichihashi stays silent as police begin questioning him on Hawker murder at 09:58 PM JST - 11th November
Mookoo at 08:54 PM JST - 11th November

The Hawker family and the public deserve to know where his money came from. How can he be so flush with cash after all that surgical spending and flying around the country looking for more cosmetic surgery?

Posted in Ichihashi stays silent as police begin questioning him on Hawker murder at 08:54 PM JST - 11th November
Mookoo at 08:06 PM JST - 11th November

The law is there for everyone, whether you agree with them or not. If Americans stationed here can't obey them, then they need to stay on base where their own military laws apply.

Posted in U.S. Army member in Okinawa in custody over fatal hit-and-run at 08:06 PM JST - 11th November