Sen. Mike Lee intends to call for the US to renegotiate its military agreement with Japan because the Far East nation ignored his one-man deadline to release an imprisoned Navy officer.
Alkonis was convicted of negligent driving in the deaths of an 85-year-old Japanese woman and her 54-year-old son-in-law on May 29, 2021, while the Alkonis family was driving down Mount Fuji after a day trip.
But U.S. Navy investigators determined that Alkonis suffered from acute mountain sickness and lost consciousness. His wife and children said that he was not sleepy and appeared to black out. They said that once he passed out, he was unresponsive to their screams and one daughter's kicks. He remained unconscious even during the crash itself.
Biden told Kishida that the U.S. was "fully, thoroughly, completely" committed to Japan's defense and praised Tokyo's security buildup, saying the nations had never been closer, according to Reuters. In a joint statement, the two leaders reaffirmed that the alliance remains the cornerstone of peace, security and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific.
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