this reporting is not the first case so no one should be surprised. it’s an on-going problem.
Mrs. VanShuyten is in Japan right now, and says this is a test for Obama in that there has been a long, on-going dispute about base relocation in Okinawa, more complaints about American behavior around all the bases in Japan, and Obama’s planned visit to Hiroshima.
She said that it’s likely the Japanese government will pretty much ignore him unless he grovels (which actually is what I expect him to do).