�Autocrat� label and past crimes fuel backlash against outgoing US envoy in Japan

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela bear the same hallmarks: Their economies are failing, their societal legitimacy is
faltering, capital is fleeing, and their youth are breaking free
ambassador, who assumed his role in August 2021, first made the controversial comments during an interview with American media that largely
centered around his own positive assessment of his ambassadorship to Japan.However, Japanese citizens have condemned the outgoing envoy for
You have started tens of wars and killed millions of people
unnamed American soldier was charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in Okinawa, which is home to half of the 54,000 United
States service members in Japan
This case particularly infuriated the Japanese public as it resurfaced painful memories of a similar crime from 1995
In that distressing incident, three United States Marine Corps members kidnapped a 12-year-old girl walking home from school and raped her
in a car
The fact that the American military took control of the prosecution of the rapists only intensified the anger felt by many Japanese
States rivals argued that he was interfering in Japan's internal affairs
stating on X, "The primacy of American interests over international law is the perennial fulcrum of United States foreign policy and its
support for autocrats, coups, and interventions
Defy this and get bashed." The embassy then pointed to the 1953 United States -orchestrated coup in Iran, which overthrew the